Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect. Date: May 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1948 π On This Day (Today)
Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. Date: May 9, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1950 π On This Day (Today)
Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. Date: May 9, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1955 π On This Day (Today)
The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill. Date: May 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today)
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in SΓ£o Paulo, by robbing two banks. Date: May 9, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today)
Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. Date: May 9, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today)
Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran. Date: May 9, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
In Norco, California, United States, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase. Date: May 9, 1980 Read more…
In Florida, United States, Liberian freighter MVΒ Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 430-meter (1,400Β ft) section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 46 metres (150Β ft) into the water and die. Date: May 9, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π …
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz KoΕciuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board. Date: May 9, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 9 π Events on this day in 1987 π On This Day (Today)