On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.
On Feb. 9, 1910, Jacques Monod, the French Nobel Prize-winning biologist, was born. Following his death on May 31, 1976, his obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1773 | William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va. |
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| 1825 | The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. |
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| 1861 | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president. |
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| 1942 | Daylight-saving "war time" went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward. |
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| 1943 | The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces. |
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| 1964 | The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on "The Ed Sullivan Show." |
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| 1971 | Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man's third landing on the moon. |
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| 1984 | Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev. |
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| 2002 | Britain's Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 71. |
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| 2009 | New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez admitted he took banned substances from 2001 to 2003. |
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Current Birthdays
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., turns 65 years old today.
AP Photo/Ron Edmonds
Texas Rangers designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero turns 36 years old today.
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
| 1928 | Roger Mudd, Broadcast journalist, turns 83 |
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| 1940 | J.M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize-winning author, turns 71 |
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| 1942 | Carole King, Singer, songwriter, turns 69 |
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| 1943 | Joe Pesci, Actor, turns 68 |
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| 1944 | Alice Walker, Author ("The Color Purple"), turns 67 |
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| 1945 | Mia Farrow, Actress, turns 66 |
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| 1949 | Judith Light, Actress ("Who's the Boss?"), turns 62 |
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| 1963 | Travis Tritt, Country singer, turns 48 |
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| 1965 | Julie Warner, Actress, turns 46 |
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| 1979 | Ziyi Zhang, Actress ("Memoirs of a Geisha"), turns 32 |
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Historic Birthdays
Jacques Monod2/9/1910 - 5/31/1976French Nobel Prize-winning biologist.Go to obituary »
| 71 | Gasparo Angiolini 2/9/1731 - 2/6/1803
Italian choreographer/composer |
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| 78 | Luther Martin 2/9/1748 - 7/10/1826
American lawyer |
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| 68 | William Henry Harrison 2/9/1773 - 4/4/1841
9th President of the United States |
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| 72 | Samuel Tilden 2/9/1814 - 8/4/1886
American lawyer and governor of New York |
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| 75 | Mrs. Patrick Campbell 2/9/1865 - 4/9/1940
English actress |
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| 51 | Amy Lowell 2/9/1874 - 5/12/1925
American critic/lecturer/and poet |
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| 67 | Ronald Colman 2/9/1891 - 5/19/1958
English-bn. American stage and film actor |
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| 85 | Dean Rusk 2/9/1909 - 12/20/1994
American secretary of state under Kennedy and Johnson |
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| 71 | Bill Veeck 2/9/1914 - 1/2/1986
American baseball club owner |
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| 41 | Brendan Behan 2/9/1923 - 3/20/1964
Irish author/political commentator |
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