On This Day for May 9 - Fourth and final voyage of Christopher Columbus launched, Howard Carter is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-09 10:03 Updated: 2020-05-09 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 09

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Howard Carter

FEATURED EVENT

1502

Fourth and final voyage of Christopher Columbus launched

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2012: British hairstylist and entrepreneur Vidal Sassoon, who created individualized haircuts featuring stark geometric angles and precise scissor cuts that complemented each woman's bone structure and natural hair texture, died in Los Angeles.

1974: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings in the impeachment investigation of President Richard M. Nixon. [Read about nine American political scandals.]

1960: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about the human body.]

1958: Alfred Hitchock's psychological thriller Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, premiered in San Francisco and became widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever. [Test your knowledge of films.]

1939: American track-and-field athlete Ralph Boston, the first man to jump more than 27 feet (8.23 metres), was born in Laurel, Mississippi. [How much do you know about sports?]