On May 9th in US Political History
On May 9th in 1502 Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere. He explored Central America, and discovered St. Lucia, the Isthmus of Panama, Honduras, and Costa Rica.
On May 9th in 1754 The first American newspaper cartoon was published. The illustration in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut into sections, each part representing an American colony; the caption read, "Join or die."
On May 9th in 1813 U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison rescued Fort Meigs along the Maumee River in Ohio from British and Canadian troops.
On May 9th in 1846 US forced Mexico back to Rio Grande in the Battle of Resaca de la Palma.
On May 9th in 1861 The Banshee, a British ship designed to run the American blockade on Confederate ports, departed Nassau for Wilmington, NC, on the first of many successful runs
On May 9th in 1862 US Naval Academy was relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI.
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