Today in History: Donald Trump found liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll
Today is Friday, May 9, the 129th day of 2025. There are 236 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On May 9, 2023, a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in damages.
Also on this date:
In 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 oral contraceptive pill.
In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public 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 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,300-foot section of the southbound span to collapse.
In 2019, Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking new church law requiring all Catholic priests and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities.
Today'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 Joy Harjo is 74. Actor John Corbett is 64. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 63. Hockey Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman is 60. Rapper Ghostface Killah is 55. R&B singer Tamia is 50. Actor Rosario Dawson is 46. TV personality Audrina Patridge is 40. Actor Grace Gummer is 39. Musician Shaboozey is 30.
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