TODAY IN HISTORY

Wednesday, May  09, 2012 AP Highlight in History:  On May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration approved use of a birth control pill.
On this date in: 1502 Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere. 1918 "60 Minutes" newsman Mike Wallace was born Myron Wallace in Brookline, Mass. 1926 Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made what they claimed was the first airplane flight over the North Pole. (Evidence suggests they may have missed their target by 150 miles.) AP Photo 1936 Italy annexed Ethiopia. 1961 Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow condemned TV programming as a "vast wasteland" in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters. 1974 The House Judiciary Committee opened hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. 1974 A concert in Cambridge, Mass., prompted rock critic Jon Landau to write, "I saw rock and roll future and it's name is Bruce Springsteen." 1978 The bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who'd been abducted by the Red Brigades, was found in an automobile in the center of Rome. 1994 South Africa's newly-elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country's first black president. 1994 Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, was placed under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus. 2004 Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov and 23 other people were killed in a bombing in the capital Grozny. 2010 Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history, leading the Oakland Athletics in a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. 2010 Singer Lena Horne died at age 92.		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Actress Rosario Dawson turns 33 years old today. AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Name Profession Age Albert Finney Actor 76 Glenda Jackson Actress 76 James L. Brooks Director 75 John Aschroft Former attorney general 70 Candice Bergen Actress ("Murphy Brown") 66 Calvin Murphy Basketball Hall of Famer 64 Billy Joel Rock singer, musician 63 Tom Petersson Rock singer, musician (Cheap Trick) 62 Alley Mills Actress ("The Wonder Years") 61 Tony Gwynn Baseball Hall of Famer 52 Ghostface Killah Rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) 42 Brandon Webb Baseball player 33 Rachel Boston Actress ("American Dreams") 30 Prince Fielder Baseball player 28 Audrina Patridge TV personality ("The Hills") 27 New York Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni turns 61 years old today. AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek