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It Happened This Day |
May 9
Candice Bergen, 62, American actress
Billy Joel, 59, American musician
Dave Gahan, 46, British singer (Depeche Mode)
| May 9
1429 - Joan of Arc defeats the besieging English at Orleans.
1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
1671 - Thomas "Captain" Blood steals the crown jewels from the Tower of London.
| May 10
Donovan Leitch, 61, Scottish singer/songwriter
Paul Hewson "Bono", 47, singer
Dave Mason, 63, musician (Traffic)
Donovan Leitch, 62, British singer/songwriter
Paul Hewson "Bono", 48, Irish singer
Dave Mason, 64, British musician (Traffic)
| May 10
1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies
| May 11
Les Chadwick, 64, bassist (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Martha Quinn, 48, one of the first VJ´s
Natasha Richardson, 44, actress
Les Chadwick, 65, British bassist (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Martha Quinn, 49, American MTV VJ
Natasha Richardson, 45, British actress
| May 10
1773 - The English Parliament passes the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the American colonies.
1774 - Louis XVI ascends the throne of France.
1857 - The Seepoys of India revolt against the British Army.
| May 12
Emilio Estevez, 45, actor
Emilio Estevez, 46, American actor
Jason Biggs, 30, American actor
Stephen Baldwin, 42, American actor
| May 11
0330 - Constantinople, previously the town of Byzantium, was founded.
1647 - Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor.
1997 - Garry Kasparov, world chess champion, lost his first ever multi-game match. He lost to IBM's chess computer Deep Blue. It was the first time a computer had beaten a world-champion player.
| May 13
Harvey Keitel, 68, actor
Harvey Keitel, 69, American actor
Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris), 58, American musician
Dennis Rodman, 47, American basketball player
| May 11
330 - Constantinople, previously the town of Byzantium, is founded.
1689 - French and English naval battle takes place at Bantry Bay.
1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi lands at Marsala, Sicily.
| May 14
Natalie Appleton, 34, singer (All Saints)
Natalie Appleton, 35, Canadian singer (All Saints)
Cate Blanchett, 39, Australian actress
George Lucas, 64, American film director
| May 12
1937 - Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1982 - In Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpowered a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who was trying to reach Pope John Paul II.
2002 - Former U.S. President Carter arrived in Cuba for a visit with Fidel Castro. It was the first time a U.S. head of state, in or out of office, had gone to the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
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Martha Quinn - 49 - American MTV VJ,
Cate Blanchett - 39 - Australian actress,
Natalie Appleton - 35 - Canadian singer (All Saints), |
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