What happened on May 9 ?

1315 - Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)

1446 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)

1657 - William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)

1707 - Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer

1747 - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)

1760 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)

1789 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)

1790 - William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress

1791 - Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)

1805 - Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)

1861 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)

1889 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)

1903 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)

1918 - George Co?buc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)

1931 - Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

1938 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)

1949 - Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)

1950 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)

1955 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858)

1957 - Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)

1968 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)

1970 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)

1970 - Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907)

1976 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)

1978 - Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)

1981 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)

1985 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)

1986 - Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa (b. 1914)

1989 - Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955)

1994 - Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)

1998 - Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)

2003 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918)

2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)

2004 - Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)

2005 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)