- 1825] Flip a coin: The U.S. House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams president after no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes...
- 1870] Undulating patterns and circular swirls arrive: The U.S. Weather Bureau is authorized by Congress. It's officially known as the National Weather Service...
- 1895] Bikinis to follow: The game of volley ball is invented by W.G. Morgan...
- 1942] Time has come today: Daylight-savings 'War Time' goes into effect. This year DST begins Sunday, March 8, 2009 when we turn clocks ahead one hour...
- 1950] Better dead than red: Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that the State Department is filled with Communists as we usher in that fun era - McCarthyism...
- 1971] Third time is the charm: Apollo 14 returns to earth after man's 3rd landing on the moon...
- 1971] Don't look back, someone might be gaining on you: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame...
- 1973] "Happy Trails": Max Yasgur who owned the farm where the original Woodstock took place, dies of a heart attack at 53...1981] Bill Haley suffers a fatal heart attack at his home in Harlingen, Texas. Haley was 56...2002] Britain's Princess Margaret suffers a fatal massive stroke at 71...
- 1997] Homer the Hero: "The Simpsons" passes "The Flintstones" as the longest running prime-time animated series...
- 2006] Kidnap video: Kidnapped-American journalist Jill Carroll appears in a video aired on a Kuwaiti TV station, appealing for her supporters to do whatever it took to win her release "as quickly as possible." Jill is freed the following month...For more on February 9th: C L I C K:
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