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

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

Today is the 129th day of 2025. There are 236 days left in the year.On this dateIn 1754, the famous political cartoon “Join or Die” was first published by Benjamin Franklin in the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper.In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.In 1951, the U.S. conducted its first thermonuclear experiment as part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kiloton device (nicknamed “George”) on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.In 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved Enovid for use as the first ..