Historical Events for 9th May 2023

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328 - Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria
1588 - Duke Henri de Guise's troops occupy Paris
1864 - Battle of Cloyd's Mt, and Swift Creek, Virginia (Drewery's Bluff, Fort Darling)
1929 - WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
1949 - Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway, London
1965 - Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
1978 - American publishing heiress Patty Hearst returns to jail, after legal appeals to her bank robbery conviction fail
1989 - NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
1992 - 37th Eurovision Song Contest: Linda Martin for Ireland wins singing "Why Me" in Malmo
2006 - George Preca is canonized as the first Maltese saint in history

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