May 9
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Events
- 1487 - The Malleus Maleficarum is submitted to the University of Cologne's Faculty of Theology
- 1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- 1726 - Gay men arrested at Mother Clap's were hanged at Tyburn
- 1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- 1893 - In America, Thomas Edison holds the first public exhibition of films shot using his Kinetograph.
- 1921 - Six Characters in Search of an Author premieres in Rome.
- 1916 - Apollinaire undergoes a trepanation operation.
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Births
- 1874 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
- 1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
- 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
- 1893 – Pitigrilli, Italian writer, author of Cocaïne (1921)
- 1904 – Gregory Bateson, British anthropologist, social scientist, linguist (d. 1980)
- 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English children's author (Mr. Men) (d. 1988)
- 1936 – Albert Finney, British actor (d. 2019)
- 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress (d. 2023)
- 1937 – David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
- 1944 – Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield)
- 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress
- 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer/songwriter (Beautiful South)
- 1964 – Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey
- 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1979 – Andrew W.K., American musician
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Deaths
- 1672 – François La Mothe Le Vayer, French writer and libertine (b. 1588)
- 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
- 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (b. 1934)
- 1978 – George Maciunas, Lithuanian artist and founding member of the Fluxus (b. 1931)
- 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
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