May 9 in history: • 1761 – The inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opened at Spring Gardens in London. → go there • 1864 – Second Schleswig War: The Battle of Heligoland (depicted), the last naval engagement fought by squadrons of wooden ships, took place between the Danish and Austro-Prussian fleets. → go there • 1961 – In a speech to U.S. broadcasters, Newton Minow, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland". → go there • 2001 – Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stampede that killed 126 people. → go there • 2023 – Pakistani protests: Riots broke out following the arrest of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan. → go there Died 1791: Francis Hopkinson Wiki link Born 1801: Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Wiki link Born 1995: Beth Mead Wiki link Died 2022: Rieko Kodama Wiki link Pictured: Battle of Heligoland.