02-09-2005, 06:25 AM
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February 9th
1825 ~ After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams President.
1881 ~ Death of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Author.
1885 ~ Birthday of Alban Berg, Composer.
1900 ~ Davis Cup competition established.
1906 ~ Death of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet.
1910 ~ Birthday of Jacques Monod, biochemist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965
1911 ~ Birthday of Gypsy Rose Lee, Author, Actress & Ecdysiast.
1950 ~ Red scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accused more than 200 staff in the State Department of being Communists.
1971 ~ Satchel Paige became the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1997 ~ The Simpsons surpassed The Flintstones as the longest-running prime-time animated series.
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