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Women Who Made History…today by VirtueDigest: 3:13pm On May 09, 2016 |
1667 May 9, Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48), died. 1843 May 9, Belle Boyd, Confederate spy, was born. She helped 'Stonewall' Jackson during his Valley campaign. 1936 May 9, Glenda Jackson, actress (Women in Love), was born in Cheshire, England. 1971 May 9, In the 23rd Emmy Awards: Jean Stapleton won for her role in “All in the Family." 1999 May 9, In Louisiana a chartered bus, bound for a Mother's Day gambling excursion, crashed on I-610 in New Orleans and [22] 23 people were killed. 2005 May 9, Actress Renee Zellweger married country music star Kenny Chesney on the island of St. John in the US Virgin Islands. The marriage was annulled just months later. 2010 May 9, Lena Horne (b.1917), jazz singer and actress, died in NYC at age 92. She was known for her plaintive signature song "Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them. In 1942's "Panama Hattie," her first movie with MGM, she sang Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things," winning critical acclaim. 2011 May 9, Lidia Gueiler (b.1921), former Bolivian president and the second woman to lead a Latin American nation, died. She served as president of Bolivia when she held the post for about eight months in 1979-80 between coup d'etats. 2011 May 9, In Uganda hundreds of women demonstrated in Kampala over high food prices and brutal tactics employed by police during recent political rallies. 2012 May 9, In the southern Philippines an inferno at a three-story clothing store killed 17 employees, all women who were sleeping on the top floor in downtown Butuan city. 2012 May 9, In Yemen a girl (13) was raped as she headed to a bakery. She was kidnapped and taken into a car whose owner has been identified. She was brutally raped by the suspects who then deformed her face using sharp tools. Protesters later called for the arrest of 7 escaped suspects. 1 Share
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