Wednesday, February 09, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

FEB 9TH

1861-Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America.

1943-The battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory.

1950-Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.

1964-The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1991-Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.

2001-A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat.



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