February 9
1825 - The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams to be president of the United States after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.
1861 - Jefferson Davis was sworn in as the president of the Confederate States of America.
1942 - The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II.
1943 - The Battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory over the Japanese in World War II.
1950 - Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.
1962 - An agreement was signed to make Jamaica an independent nation within the British Commonwealth later in the year.
1963 - The Boeing 727 went on its first-ever flight as it took off from Renton, Washington.
1964 - The Beatles made their first U.S. television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1964 - The G.I. Joe action figure was introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1971 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in California’s San Fernando Valley claimed 65 lives.
1971 - The crew of Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man’s third landing on the moon.
1984 - Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov, 69, died 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev; he was followed by Konstantin U. Chernenko.
1986 - During its latest visit to the solar system, Halley’s Comet came closest to the sun (its next return will be in 2061).
1991 - Voters in Lithuania voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
2001 - A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat.
2002 - Britain’s Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died in London at age 71.
2018 - President Donald Trump signed a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosted spending, swelling the federal deficit; the measure ended a brief overnight federal government shutdown.
2020 - “Parasite,” from South Korea, won the best picture Oscar, becoming the first foreign-language film to take home the biggest honor in film.
Birthdays
23 - Evan Roe (actor)
25 - Isabella Gomez (actress)
26 - Saquon Barkley (football player)
27 - Kelli Berglund (actress)
27 - Jimmy Bennett (actor)
33 - Camille Winbush (actress)
36 - Rose Leslie (actress)
36 - Michael B. Jordan (actor)
38 - David Gallagher (actor)
42 - Tom Hiddleston (actor)
46 - A.J. Buckely (actor)
47 - Charlie Day (actor)
49 - Amber Valletta (actress)
51 - Jason George (actor)
52 - Sharon Case (actress)
53 - Danni Leigh (singer)
58 - Julie Warner (actress)
60 - Travis Tritt (singer)
74 - Judith Light (actress)
78 - Mia Farrow (actress)
80 - Barbara Lewis (singer)
80 - Joe Pesci (actor)
81 - Carole King (singer)
84 - Janet Suzman (actress)
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Today in Sports History - February 9
1895 - In Massachusetts, W.G. Morgan invented volleyball.
1895 - The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3.
1900 - Dwight F. Davis put up a new tennis trophy to go to the winner in matches against England. The trophy was a silver cup that weighed 36 pounds.
1924 - Frank Nighbor received the first NHL Hart Trophy. The award, that judges the most valuable player to his team, was the first individual award in the NHL.
1960 - A verbal agreement was reached between representatives of the American and National Football Leagues. Both agreed not to tamper with player contracts.
1980 - Rick Barry of the Houston Rockets becomes the first player in NBA history with eight 3-point shots in a single game.
1992 - Mike Gartner tied an NHL record when he reached the 30-goal mark for the 13th straight season. Only Bobby Hull and Phil Esposito had accomplished the feat.
2005 - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that a deal between the league and the players' association would have to be in place before the end of the week to save the season.
2009 - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs, telling ESPN he’d used banned substances while with the Texas Rangers for three years.
2018 - At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea, North and South Korean athletes entered Olympic Stadium together, waving flags showing a unified Korea; it was their first joint Olympic march in more than a decade.
1825 - The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams to be president of the United States after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.
1861 - Jefferson Davis was sworn in as the president of the Confederate States of America.
1942 - The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II.
1943 - The Battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory over the Japanese in World War II.
1950 - Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.
1962 - An agreement was signed to make Jamaica an independent nation within the British Commonwealth later in the year.
1963 - The Boeing 727 went on its first-ever flight as it took off from Renton, Washington.
1964 - The Beatles made their first U.S. television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
1964 - The G.I. Joe action figure was introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1971 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in California’s San Fernando Valley claimed 65 lives.
1971 - The crew of Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man’s third landing on the moon.
1984 - Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov, 69, died 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev; he was followed by Konstantin U. Chernenko.
1986 - During its latest visit to the solar system, Halley’s Comet came closest to the sun (its next return will be in 2061).
1991 - Voters in Lithuania voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
2001 - A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat.
2002 - Britain’s Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died in London at age 71.
2018 - President Donald Trump signed a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosted spending, swelling the federal deficit; the measure ended a brief overnight federal government shutdown.
2020 - “Parasite,” from South Korea, won the best picture Oscar, becoming the first foreign-language film to take home the biggest honor in film.
Birthdays
23 - Evan Roe (actor)
25 - Isabella Gomez (actress)
26 - Saquon Barkley (football player)
27 - Kelli Berglund (actress)
27 - Jimmy Bennett (actor)
33 - Camille Winbush (actress)
36 - Rose Leslie (actress)
36 - Michael B. Jordan (actor)
38 - David Gallagher (actor)
42 - Tom Hiddleston (actor)
46 - A.J. Buckely (actor)
47 - Charlie Day (actor)
49 - Amber Valletta (actress)
51 - Jason George (actor)
52 - Sharon Case (actress)
53 - Danni Leigh (singer)
58 - Julie Warner (actress)
60 - Travis Tritt (singer)
74 - Judith Light (actress)
78 - Mia Farrow (actress)
80 - Barbara Lewis (singer)
80 - Joe Pesci (actor)
81 - Carole King (singer)
84 - Janet Suzman (actress)
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Today in Sports History - February 9
1895 - In Massachusetts, W.G. Morgan invented volleyball.
1895 - The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3.
1900 - Dwight F. Davis put up a new tennis trophy to go to the winner in matches against England. The trophy was a silver cup that weighed 36 pounds.
1924 - Frank Nighbor received the first NHL Hart Trophy. The award, that judges the most valuable player to his team, was the first individual award in the NHL.
1960 - A verbal agreement was reached between representatives of the American and National Football Leagues. Both agreed not to tamper with player contracts.
1980 - Rick Barry of the Houston Rockets becomes the first player in NBA history with eight 3-point shots in a single game.
1992 - Mike Gartner tied an NHL record when he reached the 30-goal mark for the 13th straight season. Only Bobby Hull and Phil Esposito had accomplished the feat.
2005 - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that a deal between the league and the players' association would have to be in place before the end of the week to save the season.
2009 - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs, telling ESPN he’d used banned substances while with the Texas Rangers for three years.
2018 - At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea, North and South Korean athletes entered Olympic Stadium together, waving flags showing a unified Korea; it was their first joint Olympic march in more than a decade.
