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Birthday February 09, 1773 William Henry Harrison, 9th President (March 4-April 4 1841) |
Birthday February 09, 1773 William Henry Harrison is born |
Birthday February 09, 1846 Auto pioneer Wilhelm Maybach born |
Birthday February 09, 1866 George Ade, American journalist & playwright & humorist |
Birthday February 09, 1874 Amy Lowell, American critic & Imagist poet (Patterns) |
Birthday February 09, 1909 Dean Rusk, former Sec of State |
Birthday February 09, 1914 Bill Veeck, baseball club owner |
Birthday February 09, 1914 Carmen Miranda, singer |
Birthday February 09, 1914 Ernest Tubb, singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You) |
Birthday February 09, 1923 Kathryn Grayson |
Birthday February 09, 1923 Brendan Behan, Irish author (The Hostage) |
Birthday February 09, 1928 Roger Mudd, newscaster |
Birthday February 09, 1942 Carole King, in Brooklyn NY singing about her tapestry |
Birthday February 09, 1944 Alice Walker is born |
Birthday February 09, 1945 Mia Farrow, Actress (Rosemary's Baby) LA |
Birthday February 09, 1950 Andrew N. Meltzoff, developmental psychologist |
Birthday February 09, 1950 Judith Light, in Trenton NJ - Who's the Boss |
History February 09, 1776 Future New Jersey governor is promoted |
History February 09, 1811 Nevill Maskelyne - 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies |
History February 09, 1825 Presidential election decided in the House |
History February 09, 1864 Elizabeth Bacon marries George Custer |
History February 09, 1864 George Custer married |
History February 09, 1877 US Weather Service is founded |
History February 09, 1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii |
History February 09, 1891 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento |
History February 09, 1893 Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prision for fraud. |
History February 09, 1900 Davis Cup competition established |
History February 09, 1918 Ukraine signs peace treaty with Central Powers |
History February 09, 1922 Snow on Mauna Loa |
History February 09, 1942 Normandie burns in New York |
History February 09, 1942 The Normandie catches fire |
History February 09, 1942 Daylight saving time instituted |
History February 09, 1943 Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal - ending epic battle |
History February 09, 1950 McCarthy says communists are in State Department |
History February 09, 1950 McCarthy accuses State Department of communist infiltration |
History February 09, 1953 Superman TV series premiers |
History February 09, 1960 Coors brewery heir is kidnapped |
History February 09, 1960 Joanne Woodward earns first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
History February 09, 1964 1st appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan |
History February 09, 1964 America meets the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show |
History February 09, 1965 U.S. sends first combat troops to South Vietnam |
History February 09, 1969 Boeing 747 makes its 1st coml flight |
History February 09, 1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth |
History February 09, 1972 USS Constellation arrives off coast of Vietnam. |
History February 09, 1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth |
History February 09, 1986 Halley's Comet reaches perihelion (closest approach to sun) |
History February 09, 1992 Magic Johnson returns for All-Star Game |
History February 09, 2001 U.S. sub collides with Japanese fishing boat in Pearl Harbor |