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HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (May-09)

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May 9, 1998 :: Died this day, was an Indian playback singer (b. 1924), best known and remembered for his ghazals.

May 9, 1994 :: On this day, 's Parliament elected Nelson Mandela as the country's .

May 9, 1986 :: Died this day, Tenzing Norgay was the first man to climb the (along with Sir Edmund ).

May 9, 1984 :: On this day, Phu Dorjee became the to climb Mount Everest, without .

May 9, 1978 :: Died this day, Aldo Moro was a Former Prime Minister, who was abducted by the .

May 9, 1958 :: Doll, invented by Ruth Handler, was registered on this day with the US Patent Office.

May 9, 1938 :: Born this day, Charles Simic is a -born American poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States.

May 9, 1933 :: On this day Mahatma Gandhi was released from as he began fast for . Indian National Congress (INC) suspended movement but authorized satyagraha by individuals.

May 9, 1931 :: Died this day, Albert Abraham Michelson was a Prussian-born American known for his work on the measurement of the speed of and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences.

May 9, 1927 :: Born this day, Manfred Eigen was a biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

May 9, 1866 :: Born this day, Gokhale was an Indian nationalist leader and the founder of ' Society" for relief of the underprivileged as also the Ranade Institute of Economics in Pune.

May 9, 1800 :: Born this day, John Brownwas an anti-slavery crusader of USA, whose actions greatly contributed to starting of the American .