This Day in History
09 Feb 1267
Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
09 Feb 1540
The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields Chester)
09 Feb 1554
Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated and his rebellion against Queen Mary crushed
09 Feb 1555
Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake for heresy
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Presidential election decided in the House
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...
Normandie burns in New York
The Normandie regarded by many as the most elegant ocean liner ever built burns and sinks in New York Harbor during its conversion to an Allied trip transport...
Davis Cup competition established
On February 9 1900 the solid silver trophy known today as the Davis Cup is first put up for competition when American collegian Dwight Filley Davis challenges...
Satchel Paige nominated to Baseball Hall of Fame
On this day in 1971 pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League veteran to be nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame. In August o...
The Normandie catches fire
On this day the largest and most luxurious ocean liner on the seas at that time Frances Normandie catches fire while in the process of being converte...
U.S. sends first combat troops to South Vietnam
A U.S. Marine Corps Hawk air defense missile battalion is deployed to Da Nang. President Johnson had ordered this deployment to provide protection for the key ...
USS Constellation arrives off coast of Vietnam.
The aircraft carrier USS Constellation joins aircraft carriers Coral Sea and Hancock off the coast of Vietnam. From 1964 to 1975 there we...
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...
William Henry Harrison is born
On this day in 1773 future President William Henry Harrison is born on the Berkeley Plantation in Virginia.Harrison went on to serve as the ninth U.S. preside...
Elizabeth Bacon marries George Custer
Destined to be her husbands most dedicated champion Elizabeth Bacon marries George Armstrong Custer in Monroe Michigan.Shortly after graduating from a...
America meets the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
At approximately 812 p.m. Eastern time Sunday February 9 1964 The Ed Sullivan Show returned from a commercial (for Anacin pain reliever) and there was Ed ...
Alice Walker is born
On this day in 1944 Alice Walker is born in Eatonton Georgia the youngest of eight children born to sharecroppers. In their poor rural community Walker...
Joanne Woodward earns first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
On this day in 1960 the official groundbreaking ceremony is held for the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The first star to be dedicated on the historic walkway belonge...
U.S. sub collides with Japanese fishing boat in Pearl Harbor
On this day in 2001 a United States military submarine collides with a Japanese fishing boat in Pearl Harbor Hawaii killing four students and five other peop...
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...
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