A little reason to celebrate
Mother's Day
Family · The second Sunday in May
A day for thanking mothers and the people who mother us, usually with cards, flowers, a shared meal or simply time together.
National days on May 9, 2027
Also on May 9
On this day
- 1540: Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California. Hernando de Alarcón
- 1926: Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim). Richard E. Byrd
- 1955: Cold War: West Germany joins NATO. Cold War
- 1960: 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. Food and Drug Administration
- 2020: The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression. COVID-19 recession
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