Today in History - History - May 9th

1941Louis Buchalter is arraigned in New York state court on the 1936 Joseph Rosen murder along with three other murders

1978Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found

1973For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game

1922The International Astronomical Union formally adopt Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system, which with only minor changes, is still used today

1988Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Canberra

1964Khrushchev visits Egypt

2012United States President Barack Obama officially states his support for same sex marriage

198318th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson

1959Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox

1987Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games

1964Miloslav Mecir, Bojnice Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988)

1965Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook British Columbia, NHL forward (Team Canada, Detroit)

1882Henry J. Kaiser, Sprout Brook NY, ship builder and industrialist (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)

1873Howard Carter, London, British archaeologist and egyptologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb)

1949Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)

1918Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes), (d. 2012)

1942Physicist Robert Hofstadter (27) weds Nancy Givan

1987Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry

2012Vidal Sassoon, British hairdresser and businessman, dies from leukemia at 84

1978Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by the Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization Red Brigades at 61

1986Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71

1979Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and steel magnate, dies at 95