📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 May 9

📜 Events:

• 1241 — Battle of Legnica: Mongol forces defeat Polish and German armies.
• 1860 — Leon Scott makes, with the phonautograph, the oldest known recording of a human voice.
• 1865 — Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, ending the American Civil War.
• 1940 — World War II: Germany begins Operation Weserübung, invading Denmark and Norway.
• 1941 — Founding of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) during Getúlio Vargas's government.
• 1942 — World War II: U.S. troops surrender at the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines.
• 2003 — Iraq War: Baghdad is taken by American forces.
⭐ Births:
• 1821 — Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic.
• 1806 — Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer.
• 1912 — Amácio Mazzaropi, Brazilian actor and filmmaker.
• 1921 — Mary Jackson, American mathematician and aerospace engineer.
• 1933 — Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor.
• 1970 — Chorão, Brazilian singer and songwriter.
• 1990 — Kristen Stewart, American actress.
🕊️ Deaths:
• 1626 — Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician.
• 1945 — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian.
• 1959 — Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect.
• 2004 — Lélia Abramo, Brazilian actress.
• 2011 — Sidney Lumet, American director and screenwriter.
• 2021 — Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of the United Kingdom.
• 2021 — DMX, American rapper and actor.
📍 Holidays and Cyclical Events:
🇧🇷 Brazil:
• National Steel Day
• Library Day
• Anniversary of municipalities in Piauí and São Paulo
✨ Bahá'í Faith:
• Jallál Fast (Glory) — start of the second month of the Bahá'í calendar.
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