| May 9, 1967 In April, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali had refused induction into the U.S. Army based on his religious convictions.He claimed, “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.” On this day, following his indictment by 24 hours, he was stripped of his title and his license to fight by the World Boxing Association. In June, a court found him guilty of draft evasion, fined him $10,000, and sentenced him to five years in prison. He remained free, pending numerous appeals, but was still barred from fighting for three years.  Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction Remembering Muhammad Ali’s act of defiance |
| May 9, 1969 The New York Times revealed the United States had been secretly bombing Cambodia—officially a noncombatant, neutral country—during the Vietnam War. |
| May 9, 1970 Five days after the Kent State killings [see May 4, 1970], 100,000 marched in Washington, D.C. against the Vietnam War. On the same day, about 600 Canadian protesters defaced the Peace Arch at the U.S.-Canadian border in Blaine, Washington. |
| May 9, 1979 At least 18 demonstrators were killed and many wounded after police opened fire on anti-government protesters outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.  CBS reporter: “The police continued to fire as bodies piled up on the cathedral steps” More (including graphic video) on the cathedral bloodbath |
| May 9, 1996 In San Salvador six soldiers were arrested in the slaying of Catholic church workers from the U.S. |
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