Todayâs Highlight in History:
On May 9, 1994, South Africaâs newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the countryâs first Black president.
On this date:
In 1712, the Carolina Colony was officially divided into two entities: North Carolina and South Carolina.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Motherâs Day.
In 1926, Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett supposedly became the first men to fly over the North Pole. (However, U.S. scholars announced in 1996 that their examination of Byrdâs flight diary suggested he had turned back 150 miles short of his goal.)