On this day in 1960, casual sex took a major leap forward. For straighties, anyway.
TODAY IN HISTORY (May 9):
1914 - Mother's Day became a public holiday.
1926 - Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.
1960 - The U.S. became the first country to legalize the birth control pill. Yes, there was a time when our leaders didn't hate sex.
1962 - The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.
1969 - The Scottish Minorities Group was founded by 25 men and women.
1970 - In Phoenix Arizona, teacher Ingrid Montano was pressured to resign after being condemned for inviting a homosexual to speak to her sociology class.
1970 - An all-women's dance, organized by Radicalesbians, was held in New York City. The organization was formed by a group of women who were frustrated with the predominantly male events of the Gay Liberation Front.
1971 - Andy Warhol's play "Pork" opened. The cast included a sixteen-year-old drag queen named Harvey Fierstein.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings on the Nixon impeachment.
1978 - Voters in Wichita Kansas repealed a gay rights ordinance by a margin of five to one.
1978 - The body of slain former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in Rome.
1984 - It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.
1989 - In Georgia, Citizens for Public Awareness announced they would sponsor a ballot measure to repeal an Atlanta gay rights law.
1989 - Nancy Schafer, president of Citizens for Public Awareness in Atlanta Georgia, announced the group would raise $160,000 to sponsor a ballot initiative to remove Atlanta's gay rights ordinance.
1994 - Nelson Mandela was chosen to be South Africa's first black president.
1996 - The British Parliament rejected a move to lift the nation's ban on gays in the military.
1999 - A television ad produced by anti-gay groups featured a mother lamenting her son's HIV-positive status Born on this day:
1800 - John Brown (whose body still lies a-mouldrin' in the grave)
1860 - James M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, in Kirriemuir, Scotland.
1873 - Howard Carter (discoverer of King Tut's tomb)
1918 - Mike Wallace
1936 - Albert Finney
1936 - Glenda Jackson
1940 - James L. Brooks
1946 - Candice Bergen
1949 - Billy Joel
1960 - Tony Gwynn
1965 - Steve Yzerman
1975 - Tamia
I should have mentioned that Dana Plato died on this day in 1999. That's the kind of item that usually makes the cut here.
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