May 9th, 1960. Make way for "The Pill".
1960年5月9日,为‘口服避孕药’开路。
The Food and Drug Administration approves the oral contraceptive Enovid as safe for birth control use.
食品和药物管理局批准通过了一种与节育一样安全的口服避孕药Enovid。
The pill is the first of its kind to be available by prescription in the United States, unleashing a social revolution.
作为美国第一种避孕处方药,这种药物揭开了社会变革的束缚。
1961. A blistering attack on American television by the head of the Federal Communications Commission.
1961年,联邦通讯委员会负责人对美国电视业发起猛烈抨击。
FCC chairman Newton Minow condemns TV programming in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters.
联邦通讯委员主席牛顿·米诺在全国协会的一次演讲中谴责电视节目。
"Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland."
“眼睛盯着电视不放,直到电视结束。我向你们保证,你们所看到的不过是精神上的荒芜。”
1926. Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett become the first men to fly over the North Pole during a 15 and a half hour flight.
1926年,两名美国人理查德·伯德站和弗洛伊德·本尼特,在经历十五个半小时的飞行后,他们成为飞越北极的第一人。
1918. "People know what to expect and I'm gonna do it with you.
1918年,“人们都知道自己的在期待什么,我会和大家一起完成。
They know that there'll be some questions that they're not gonna be particularly happy with."
他们知道会出现一些让自己不快的问题。”
Mike Wallace, one of the original correspondents on the CBS News magazine "60 Minutes", is born in Brookline, Massachusetts.
迈克·华莱士—原CBS新闻杂志《60分钟》记者之一,在马萨诸塞州布鲁克莱恩出生。
And 1949. Singer, songwriter Billy Joel, the "Piano Man" himself, is born in New York City.
1949年,歌手兼词曲家比利·乔尔,歌曲《Piano Man》原型,在纽约市出生。
Today in History, May 9th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
以上是5月9日《历史上的今天》,美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报。