| Today in History: Thursday, February 09, 2017 |
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AP Highlight in History:
On 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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| On this date in: |
| 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 |
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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. |
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| Video |
| Highlights of This Day in History |
| Today’s Birthdays: |
| Singer-songwriiter Carole King turns 75 years old today. |
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| Name |
Profession |
Age |
| Roger Mudd |
Broadcast journalist |
89 |
| J.M. Coetzee |
Nobel Prize-winning author |
77 |
| Joe Pesci |
Actor |
74 |
| Alice Walker |
Author (“The Color Purple”) |
73 |
| Mia Farrow |
Actress |
72 |
| Jim Webb |
Former U.S. senator, D-Va. |
71 |
| Judith Light |
Actress (“Who’s the Boss?”) |
68 |
| Travis Tritt |
Country singer |
54 |
| Julie Warner |
Actress |
52 |
| Ziyi Zhang |
Actress (“Memoirs of a Geisha”) |
38 |
| Actor Charlie Day (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) turns 41 years old today. |
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