Today is Saturday, May 9, the 129th day of 2026. There are 236 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 9, 1960, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved Enovid for use as the first oral contraceptive pill. Also on this date: Die” In 1754, the famous ...

Today is Sunday, May 10, the 130th day of 2026. There are 235 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in a ceremony in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. Also on this date: In ...

Today is Friday, May 8, the 128th day of 2026. There are 237 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced in a radio address that Nazi Germany’s forces had surrendered, stating that “the flags of freedom fly all over Europe” on V-E ...

Today is Thursday, May 7, the 127th day of 2026. There are 238 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 ...

Today is Wednesday, May 6, the 126th day of 2026. There are 239 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey; 35 of the 97 people on board and one crew member on ...

Today is Tuesday, May 5, the 125th day of 2026. There are 240 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7. Also on this date: In 1821, ...