TODAY IN HISTORY
FEB 9TH
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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