Today in History: May 9, FDA approves first birth control pill
Currently is Friday May the th day of There are days left in the year This day 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 Is Pope Leo XIV the Chicago-born new pontiff a Cubs or White Sox fan Stephen Lynch challenger emerges says he won t accept PAC money Founder of crypto platform Celsius System is sentenced to years in prison Cancer before age is increasing A new scrutiny looks at which types US infant mortality dropped in Experts partly credit RSV shots 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 population 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 summary clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church officers In a jury located Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E Jean Carroll in awarding her million in damages At present 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 Bliss 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
