Events on May 9, 2011
Barrie, James M. (Birth Date)Boyd, Belle (Birth Date)
British Capture Enigma Machine (70th Anniversary)
Brown, John (Birth Date)
European Union (Anniversary Observance)
Gonzales, Pancho (Birth Date)
Hunter Frees the Slaves
Israel: Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzma'ut)
National Etiquette Week
National Stuttering Awareness Week
Reno, Nevada
Russia: Victory Day
Tybee 500
Uzbekistan: Day of Memory and Honor
"Vast Wasteland" Speech (50th Anniversary)
Birthdays on May 9, 2011
Candice Bergen, 65, actress (Starting Over, “Murphy Brown,” “Boston Legal”), born Beverly Hills, CA, May 9, 1946.James L. Brooks, 71, director, producer, screenwriter (Oscar for Terms of Endearment; As Good as It Gets, “Taxi,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”), born Brooklyn, NY, May 9, 1940.
Rosario Dawson, 32, actress (He Got Game, Sin City), born New York, NY, May 9, 1979.
Albert Finney, 75, actor (Tom Jones, Shoot the Moon, Annie, The Dresser), born Salford, England, May 9, 1936.
Anthony Keith (Tony) Gwynn, 51, Hall of Fame baseball player, born Los Angeles, CA, May 9, 1960.
Glenda Jackson, 74, actress (Oscars for Women in Love and A Touch of Class), born Cheshire, England, May 9, 1937.
Billy Joel, 62, singer, composer (“It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” “Just the Way You Are”), born Hicksville, NY, May 9, 1949.
Charles Simic, 73, former US Poet Laureate (2007–08), born Belgrade, Yugoslavia, May 9, 1938.
Mike Wallace, 93, television journalist (“60 Minutes”), born Brookline, MA, May 9, 1918.
Steve Yzerman, 46, hockey player, born Cranbrook, BC, Canada, May 9, 1965.
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