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Today In History: May 9
Today’s Highlight in History: On May 9, 1754, a cartoon in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut into sections, each part representing an American colony; the caption read, “JOIN, or DIE.”
On this date:
•In 1883, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid.
•In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. The curfew was put in place in an attempt to save fuel, keep wartime production high and workers in the factories.
•In 1961, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow deplored the majority of television programming as a “vast wasteland” in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters.
•In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon.
•In 1978, the bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who’d been abducted by the Red Brigades on March 16, was found in an automobile in Rome. A spokesman for the kidnappers had demanded suspension of a trial for 15 suspected members of the left-wing Red Brigade, but the government refused to give into the demands.
•In 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first black president. He was the first democratically elected president of that country after the end of the racist apartheid.
Ten years ago: A chartered bus carrying members of a casino club on a Mother’s Day gambling excursion ran off a highway in New Orleans, killing 22 people.
Five years ago: Canada rallied to beat Sweden for the second straight year in the gold-medal game at the world hockey championships, 5-3. Comedian Alan King died in New York at age 76.
One year ago: Journalist-feminist Nuala O’Faolain, who’d gained international fame with her outspoken memoir “Are You Somebody?” in 1966, died in Dublin at age 68.
Today’s Birthdays: CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 91. Singer Billy Joel is 60. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 59. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 47. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) is 32. Rock singer Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) is 30. Actress Rosario Dawson is 30. Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb is 30. Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder is 25. TV personality Audrina Patridge is 24.
Thought for Today: “There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.” — Dorothy Thompson, American journalist and author (1894-1961).
On this date:
•In 1883, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid.
•In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. The curfew was put in place in an attempt to save fuel, keep wartime production high and workers in the factories.
•In 1961, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow deplored the majority of television programming as a “vast wasteland” in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters.
•In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon.
•In 1978, the bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who’d been abducted by the Red Brigades on March 16, was found in an automobile in Rome. A spokesman for the kidnappers had demanded suspension of a trial for 15 suspected members of the left-wing Red Brigade, but the government refused to give into the demands.
•In 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first black president. He was the first democratically elected president of that country after the end of the racist apartheid.
Ten years ago: A chartered bus carrying members of a casino club on a Mother’s Day gambling excursion ran off a highway in New Orleans, killing 22 people.
Five years ago: Canada rallied to beat Sweden for the second straight year in the gold-medal game at the world hockey championships, 5-3. Comedian Alan King died in New York at age 76.
One year ago: Journalist-feminist Nuala O’Faolain, who’d gained international fame with her outspoken memoir “Are You Somebody?” in 1966, died in Dublin at age 68.
Today’s Birthdays: CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 91. Singer Billy Joel is 60. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 59. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 47. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) is 32. Rock singer Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) is 30. Actress Rosario Dawson is 30. Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb is 30. Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder is 25. TV personality Audrina Patridge is 24.
Thought for Today: “There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.” — Dorothy Thompson, American journalist and author (1894-1961).
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