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| February 9th |
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| About February 9th is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (326 in leap years). Births 1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th U.S. President 1928 - Roger Mudd, journalist, broadcaster 1943 - Joe Pesci, actor, comedian, musician 1945 - Mia Farrow, actress, singer, model 1946 - Jim Webb, U.S. Senator (Virginia) 1963 - Travis Tritt, country singer, musician 1979 - Zhang Ziyi, actress (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) Deaths 2009 - Robert Woodruff Anderson, playwright, screenwriter (Tea and Sympathy) Events 1825 - After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as President. 1870 - The United States Weather Bureau is established. 1895 - William G. Morgan invents the game that would get known as volleyball. 1950 - United States Senator Joe McCarthy makes the charge that the U.S. State Department has been infiltrated by Communists. 1960 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1964 - The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time to approximately 73 million viewers. 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 2001 - The submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese fishing vessel that was being used for training. |
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