History of May 09

On May 09 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1502 - Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to the New World
1754 - 1st newspaper cartoon in America Divided snake `Join or die'
1882 - Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
1913 - 17th amendment providing for election of senators by popular vote
1925 - Cornerstone for Hebrew University layed
1926 - Americans Byrd & Bennett make 1st airplane flight over North Pole
1936 - Italy annexed Ethiopia
1944 - 1st eye bank opened in NYC
1945 - Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
1946 - 1st Variety show - NBC's Hour Glass premiers
1950 - Robert Schuman announces Plan for European integration
1961 - Jim Gentile hits grand slammers in consecutive innings
1961 - FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a `vast wasteland'
1974 - House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
1975 - Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)