Today in History: May 9, FDA approves first birth control pill

This day is Friday May the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On May the U S Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved Enovid for use as the first oral contraceptive pill Also on this date In the famous political cartoon Join or Die was first published by Benjamin Franklin in the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper Related Articles How Putin uses the USSR s preeminence in World War II to rally endorsement for him and the war in Ukraine Nowadays in History May Son of Sam killer pleads guilty The present day in History May RMS Lusitania torpedoed sunk by German submarine years after World War II Germany is still painstakingly searching for its fallen soldiers Nowadays in History May the Hindenburg crashes in flames in New Jersey In President Woodrow Wilson acting on a joint congressional resolution signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother s Day In the U S conducted its first thermonuclear experiment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a -kiloton device nicknamed George on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean In the House Judiciary Committee opened society hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon The committee ultimately adopted three articles of impeachment against the president who resigned before the full House took up any of them In people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida causing a -foot section of the southbound span to collapse In Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law requiring all Catholic priests and nuns to statement clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church leadership In a jury revealed Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E Jean Carroll in awarding her million in damages Currently s Birthdays Producer-director James L Brooks is Musician-songwriter Sonny Curtis The Crickets is Actor Candice Bergen is Musician Billy Joel is Former U S Poet Laureate Enjoyment Harjo is Actor John Corbett is Singer Dave Gahan Depeche Mode is Hockey Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman is Rapper Ghostface Killah is R B singer Tamia tuh-MEE -ah is Actor Rosario Dawson is TV personality Audrina Patridge is Actor Grace Gummer is Musician Shaboozey is