Today in History

Today is Friday, May 9, the 129th day of 2025. There are 236 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in HistoryOn May 9, 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved Enovid for use as the first oral contraceptive pill.Also 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 ..