Video: 'I Love Lucy | Harpo Marx | Color'
(Monday, May 9, 1955, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — The gang meets Harpo Marx and Lucy does the famous ‘mirror’ routine with him on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom series I Love Lucy.
Daily Archives: May 9, 2025
Legendary pianist Horowitz makes triumphant return to Carnegie Hall after 12 years 60 years ago this hour (May 9 1965)
Video: 'Vladimir Horowitz - At Carnegie Hall May 9 1965'
(Sunday, May 9, 1965, 3:38 p.m. EDT) — Russian-born American pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed publicly for the first time in 12 years today with a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York.
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The Beatles film four exterior scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 9 1965)
Video: 'The Beatles - Help! Movie 1965 1080p BluRay HD' (May 9, 1965, at 11:09-11:49; 16:24-16:33; 17:42-18:38; 22:43-22:52)
(Sunday, May 9, 1965) — The Beatles filmed a number of scenes for their second feature film Help! today in London and St Margaret’s, Twickenham. Continue reading The Beatles film four exterior scenes for ‘Help!’ film 60 years ago today (May 9 1965)
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President Andrew Johnson declares American Civil War ‘virtually at an end’ 160 years ago this hour (May 9 1865)
(Tuesday, May 9, 1865, 12 noon local time; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation today declaring the American Civil War may be regarded as “virtually at an end” and that nations or ships still harboring fugitives would be denied entry into U.S. ports. Continue reading President Andrew Johnson declares American Civil War ‘virtually at an end’ 160 years ago this hour (May 9 1865)
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Stutthof becomes last Nazi concentration camp liberated by Allies 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
Video: 'The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp KL Stutthof'
(Wednesday, May 9, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The Stutthof concentration camp, built in a secluded, wet, and wooded area near the small town of Sztutowo (Stutthof) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Gdansk in northern Poland, was liberated today by Soviet forces. Continue reading Stutthof becomes last Nazi concentration camp liberated by Allies 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
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Oskar Schindler’s labor camp Brünnlitz liberated 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
Video: 'Schindler's List (8/9) Movie CLIP - He Who Saves One Life Saves the World Entire (1993) HD'
(Wednesday, May 9, 1945; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — The labor camp Brünnlitz, a sub-camp of the Nazi concentration camp Gross-Rosen located in the village of Brnenec in the Czech Republic where 1,200 Jews worked in a munitions factory, was liberated today by Soviet troops about 11 hours after their protector Oskar Schindler escaped. Continue reading Oskar Schindler’s labor camp Brünnlitz liberated 80 years ago today (May 9 1945)
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Soviet forces liberate Czechoslovakia 80 years ago this hour (May 9 1945)
Video: 'Liberation Of Prague (1945)'
(Wednesday, May 9, 1945, 8:00 a.m. CEST; during the Prague Offensive on the Eastern Front of World War II) — With World War II in Europe at an end, Soviet forces liberated Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation today. Continue reading Soviet forces liberate Czechoslovakia 80 years ago this hour (May 9 1945)
