On this day, May 9

1712 The Carolina Colony was officially divided into two entities: North Carolina and South Carolina.

1848 Sisters of Mercy completed a hospital on Stevenson Street with bed capacity for 60 patients.

1914 President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.

1946 A 115-day strike of 75,000 Westinghouse workers — the longest major walkout since the war — ended with the CIOUnited Electrical accepting an 18-cent hourly wage increase; 15,000 Pittsburgh district employees the approved pact and prepared to go back to work.

1991 Harris Wofford was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat of the late H. John Heinz III.

2019 President Donald Trump honored the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox at the White House; all of the team’s white players attended, but nearly a dozen team members, all players of color, skipped the visit, as did manager Alex Cora, who had expressed frustration with the administration’s response to a devastating hurricane in his native Puerto Rico.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology). — Compiled by Rick Nowlin

Today’s birthdays: Actor-writer Alan Bennett, 86. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson, 84. Producer-director James L. Brooks, 83. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crickets), 83. Singer Tommy Roe, 78. Singer-musician Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield and Poco), 76. Actress Candice Bergen, 74. Pop singer Clint Holmes, 74. Actor Anthony Higgins, 73. Singer Billy Joel, 71. Blues singer-musician Bob Margolin, 71. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick), 70. Actress Alley Mills, 69. Actress Amy Hill, 67.

Actress Wendy Crewson, 64. Actor John Corbett, 59. Singer Dave Gahan (GAHN) (Depeche Mode), 58. Actress Sonja Sohn, 56. Rapper Ghostface Killah, 50. Country musician Mike Myerson (Heartland), 49. Actor Chris Diamantopoulos (dy-uh-MAN’toh-POO’-lehs), 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamia (tuh-MEE’-ah), 45. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish), 43. Actor Daniel Franzese, 42. Rock singer Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan), 41. Actress Rosario Dawson, 41. Rock singer Andrew W.K., 41. Actress Rachel Boston, 38. TV personality Audrina Patridge, 35. Actress Grace Gummer, 34.

Thought for today: “Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.”