Portrait of Satchel Paige

Satchel Paige nominated to Baseball Hall of Fame

Born on This Day

"The Roommate" Broadway Opening Night

Mia Farrow

1945 -

Actress known for "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Great Gatsby," her collaboration with Woody Allen and human rights advocacy.

2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Red Carpet

Michael B. Jordan

1987 -

Actor and producer known for roles in films "Fruitvale Station," "Black Panther" and "Creed."

A Celebration Of Carole King And Her Music To Benefit Paul Newman's The Painted Turtle Camp - Arrivals

Carole King

1942 -

Singer-songwriter who penned "You've Got a Friend" and "Natural Woman," and whose 1971 "Tapestry" album sold 25 million copies.

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2022

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Snowboard phenom Chloe Kim makes history as the first athlete to win gold in the women's snowboard halfpipe event in two consecutive Winter Olympics. In 2018, she made history as the youngest winner of that event at the age of 17.

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William Henry Harrison is born

On February 9, 1773, future President William Henry Harrison is born on the Berkeley Plantation in Virginia. Harrison went on to serve as the ninth U.S. president for a brief 32 days in 1841, the shortest term ever served. Harrison is also credited with the record for the longest inaugural address in history. Delivered on […]

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Presidential election decided in the House of Representatives

As no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the U.S. House of Representatives votes to elect John Quincy Adams, who won fewer votes than Andrew Jackson in the popular election, as president of the United States. Adams was the son of John Adams, the second president of the […]

Union general George Custer marries

Union General George Armstrong Custer marries Elizabeth Bacon in Monroe, Michigan, while the young cavalry officer is on leave. “Libbie,” as she was known to her family, was a tireless defender of her husband’s reputation after his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana in 1876, and her work helped establish him […]

Ukraine signs peace treaty with Central Powers

The first peace treaty of World War I is signed when the newly declared independent state of Ukraine officially comes to terms with the Central Powers at 2 a.m. in Berlin, Germany, on February 9, 1918. In the treaty, the Central Powers, which included the governments of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and Turkey, formally recognized the […]

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Daylight saving time instituted

Congress pushes ahead standard time for the United States by one hour in each time zone, imposing daylight saving time—called at the time “war time.” Daylight saving time, suggested by President Roosevelt, was imposed to conserve fuel and could be traced back to World War I, when Congress imposed one standard time on the United […]

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The S.S. Normandie catches fire

On February 9, 1942, the largest and most luxurious ocean liner on the seas at that time, France’s S.S. Normandie, catches fire while in the process of being converted for military use by the United States. The Normandie, built in 1931, was the first ship to be constructed in accordance with the guidelines laid down […]

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Senator McCarthy says communists are in State Department

During a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin) claims that he has a list with the names of over 200 members of the Department of State that are “known communists.” The speech vaulted McCarthy to national prominence and sparked a nationwide hysteria about subversives in the American government. Speaking before the Ohio […]

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Coors brewery heir is kidnapped

Adolph Coors disappears while driving to work from his Morrison, Colorado, home. The grandson of the Coors’ founder and chairman of the Golden, Colorado, brewery was kidnapped and held for ransom before being shot to death. Surrounding evidence launched one of the FBI’s largest manhunts: the search for Joe Corbett. Corbett, a Fulbright scholar at […]

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America meets the Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show”

At approximately 8:12 p.m. Eastern time, Sunday, February 9, 1964, The Ed Sullivan Show returned from a commercial (for Anacin pain reliever), and there was Ed Sullivan standing before a restless crowd. He tried to begin his next introduction, but then stopped and extended his arms in the universal sign for “Settle Down.” “Quiet!” he […]

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Magic Johnson returns for All-Star Game

After stunning the world three months earlier with the news he had contracted the HIV virus and was immediately retiring from the Los Angeles Lakers, basketball great Magic Johnson returns to play in the 42nd NBA All-Star game in Orlando, Florida, where the crowd greeted him with a standing ovation. On November 7, 1991, Earvin […]

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Bernard Harris becomes the first Black man to walk in space

NASA astronaut Bernard Harris becomes the first Black man to walk in space. His mission contributes to a burgeoning collaboration between the United States and Russia in space exploration. Bernard Harris stepped out of the space shuttle Discovery in orbit on February 9, 1995. He first embarked on the unlikely journey toward his historic spacewalk […]

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