May 9
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Events
- 1487 - The Malleus Maleficarum 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 underwent a trepanation operation.
Births
- 1883 - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, known for his cultural pessimism and elite tastes
- 1893 - Pitigrilli, Italian writer, author of Cocaïne (1921)
- 1904 - Gregory Bateson, British anthropologist, social scientist, linguist (d. 1980)
- 1964 - Kevin Saunderson, Detroit techno musician
Deaths
- 1672 - François La Mothe Le Vayer, French writer and libertine (b. 1588)
- 1805 - Friedrich Schiller, German romanticist
- 1903 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)
- 1978 - George Maciunas, Lithuanian artist and founding member of the Fluxus (b. 1931)
- 1997 - Marco Ferreri, Italian filmmaker (La Grande bouffe)
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