Right now is Friday, Could 9, the 129th day of 2025. There are 236 days left within the 12 months.
Right now in historical past:
On Could 9, 1960, the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration conditionally accepted Enovid to be used as the primary oral contraceptive capsule.
Additionally on this date:
In 1754, the well-known political cartoon “Be a part of or Die” was first printed by Benjamin Franklin within the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, appearing on a joint congressional decision, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in Could as Mom’s Day.
In 1951, the U.S. performed its first thermonuclear experiment as a part of Operation Greenhouse by detonating a 225-kiloton machine (nicknamed “George”) on Enewetak Atoll within the Pacific Ocean.
In 1974, the Home Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether or not to suggest the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. (The committee finally adopted three articles of impeachment in opposition to the president, who resigned earlier than the total Home took up any of them.)
In 1980, 35 individuals have been killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, inflicting a 1,300-foot part of the southbound span to break down.
In 2019, Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church legislation requiring all Catholic monks and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities.
In 2023, a jury discovered Donald Trump responsible for sexually abusing recommendation columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in damages.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Producer-director James L. Brooks is 85.
- Musician-songwriter Sonny Curtis (The Crickets) is 88.
- Actor Candice Bergen is 79.
- Musician Billy Joel is 76.
- Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pleasure Harjo is 74.
- Actor John Corbett is 64.
- Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 63.
- Hockey Corridor of Famer Steve Yzerman is 60.
- Rapper Ghostface Killah is 55.
- R&B singer Tamia (tuh-MEE’-ah) is 50.
- Actor Rosario Dawson is 46.
- TV persona Audrina Patridge is 40.
- Actor Grace Gummer is 39.
- Musician Shaboozey is 30.