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| 1773 |
William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va. |
| 1825 |
The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. |
| 1861 |
The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president. |
| 1942 |
Daylight-saving “war time” went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward. |
| 1943 |
The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces. |
| 1964 |
The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
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| 1971 |
Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man’s third landing on the moon. |
| 1984 |
Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev. |
| 2002 |
Britain’s Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 71. |
| 2009 |
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez admitted he took banned substances from 2001 to 2003. |
