{"id":31001,"date":"2017-02-09T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=31001"},"modified":"2017-02-09T08:43:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T14:43:55","slug":"31001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=31001","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today in History: Thursday, February\u00a0 09, 2017<\/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
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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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Singer-songwriiter Carole King turns 75 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Roger Mudd<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
J.M. Coetzee<\/td>\nNobel Prize-winning author<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Pesci<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alice Walker<\/td>\nAuthor (“The Color Purple”)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mia Farrow<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jim Webb<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-Va.<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judith Light<\/td>\nActress (“Who’s the Boss?”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Travis Tritt<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julie Warner<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ziyi Zhang<\/td>\nActress (“Memoirs of a Geisha”)<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Charlie Day (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) turns 41 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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