{"id":25332,"date":"2016-02-09T08:55:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T14:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25332"},"modified":"2016-02-09T08:20:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T14:20:44","slug":"today-in-history-155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=25332","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Tuesday, February\u00a0 09, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Feb. 9, 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, during a speech in Wheeling, W.Va., charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. (The Wisconsin Republican never provided any evidence to substantiate his claims.)
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1773<\/td>\nWilliam Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1825<\/td>\nThe House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1861<\/td>\nThe Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1942<\/td>\nDaylight-saving “war time” went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nThe World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nThe Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”<\/p>\n
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1971<\/td>\nApollo 14 returned to Earth after man’s third landing on the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nSoviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nBritain’s Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 71.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nNew York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez admitted he took banned substances from 2001 to 2003.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Singer-songwriiter Carole King turns 74 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Roger Mudd<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J.M. Coetzee<\/td>\nNobel Prize-winning author<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Pesci<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alice Walker<\/td>\nAuthor (“The Color Purple”)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mia Farrow<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jim Webb<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Va.<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judith Light<\/td>\nActress (“Who’s the Boss?”)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Travis Tritt<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie Warner<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ziyi Zhang<\/td>\nActress (“Memoirs of a Geisha”)<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Charlie Day (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) turns 40 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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