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May 9

• 1502 – Christopher Columbus leaves Spain on his final trip to New World.
• 1754 – The first newspaper cartoon in America appears.
• 1813 – U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.
• 1864 – Union General John Sedgwick is shot and killed by a Confederate sharpshooter during fighting at Spotsylvania. His last words are: “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist–“
• 1859 – Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy.
• 1915 – German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois.
• 1926 – Explorer Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make the first flight over the North Pole.
• 1936 – Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country.
• 1941 – The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy.
• 1946 – King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicates his throne and is replaced by Umberto.
• 1962 – A laser beam is successfully bounced off the moon for the first time.
• 1974 – The House Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment.

Courtesy of The HistoryNet.Com