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A total solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1910.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_May_9,_1910

A total solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1929. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53624105/solar-eclipse-of-may-9-1929/



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The Lemuralia or Lemuria was a feast in the religion of ancient Rome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Lemures



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The Los Alamos LOPO reactor went critical on May 9, 1944
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueous_homogeneous_reactor#History

A Laser beam was successfully bounced off the Moon's surface on May 9, 1962, by Scientists from MIT,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53624490/eme-bounce/

Great Western Railway 'City Of Truro' travelled in excess of 100 miles per hour on 9 May 1904. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_3440_City_of_Truro



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The Luna 5 automatic interplanetary station was launched from Baikonur on 9 May 1965
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_5

Mariner 8 was launched on the 9th May 1971 at 01:11:01 UTC 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53617812/mariner-8/

The Hayabusa spacecraft was launched on 9 May 2003 at 04:29:25 UT
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3191136/hayabusa-muses-c-mission/

On 9 May 1926, Richard Evelyn Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett attempted a flight over the North Pole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Byrd#1926_North_Pole_flight.2C_and_controversy



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Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an engineer and former test pilot and NASA astronaut.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070815/vance-d-brand/

Oleg Yur'yevich At'kov (born May 9, 1949) is a Soviet cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Atkov

John Scott Russell (9 May 1808 - 8 June 1882) was a Scottish civil engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(engineer)

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (9 May 1746 - 28 July 1818) was a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard_Monge

Boris Mavashev (born 9 May 1939 in Tashkent) is a seismologist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Mavashev

Howard Carter (9 May 1874 - 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070840/howard-carter-1874-1939/

Chriet Titulaer (May 9, 1943 - April 23, 2017) was a Dutch astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chriet_Titulaer

Nicholas Ulrich Mayall (May 9, 1906 - January 5, 1993) was an American observational astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Mayall



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The Simpsons' episode "They Saved Lisa's Brain" first aired on May 9, 1999. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Saved_Lisa%27s_Brain



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NGC 3816 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th May 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516241/ngc-3816/

NGC 3886 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th May 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516231/ngc-3886/

NGC 4053 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th May 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516223/ngc-4053/

NGC 4613 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th May 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516209/ngc-4613/

NGC 4614 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th May 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516203/ngc-4614/

NGC 4615 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 9th May 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516199/ngc-4615/

NGC 4838 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 9th May 1831.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516191/ngc-4838/

NGC 5146 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 9th May 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57516183/ngc-5146/



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On May 9, 1998, supernova 1998bu was observed in Messier 96
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_96

WISE 0647-6232 was first imaged by WISE on 09 May 2010. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISE_0647-6232

On May 9, 2005, NASA's Swift achieved the first accurate localisation of a short GRB, GRB 050509b.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_050509b

Asteroid (564) Dudu was discovered by Paul Götz on the 9th May 1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/564_Dudu

Asteroid (565) Marbachia was discovered by Max Wolf on the 9th May 1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/565_Marbachia

Asteroid (869) Mellena was discovered on the 9th May 1917
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/869_Mellena

Fireballs are common approximately between May 9 and May 11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_(constellation)#Meteor_showers

The supposed Bezerros meteorite on May 9, ,1915
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1930PA.....38..446W/0000446.000.html



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Meteorites

The Nogata (L6) meteorite fell in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, on the 9th May, 861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57511584/noogata-meteorite/

The Drake Creek (L6) meteorite fell in Tennessee, USA, on the 9th May, 1827.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070739/drake-creek-meteorite/

The Karakol (LL6) meteorite fell in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, on the 9th May, 1840.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070750/karakol-meteorite/

The Bori (L6) meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 9th May, 1894.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070757/bori-meteorite/

The Nagy-Borové (L5) meteorite fell in Stredoslovensky, Slovakia, on the 9th May, 1895.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070765/nagy-borov-meteorite/

The Phillips County (L6) meteorite fell in Kansas, USA, on the 9th May, 1901.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070774/phillips-county-meteorite/

The Chainpur (LL3.4) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 9th May, 1907.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49070782/chainpur-meteorite/



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