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On This Day 9th May - Hedgehog - 05-09-2009 1386: England and Portugal sign the Treaty of Windsor, the oldest alliance in Europe still in force. 1671: The crown jewels are briefly stolen from the Tower of London by Irish adventurer Colonel Thomas Blood. 1936: Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after a short military campaign in which mustard gas was used.