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TODAY IN HISTORY
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Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2010. There are 325 days left in the year.

Thought for the day:
    What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance." _ Havelock Ellis, English psychologist (1859-1939).


Today's Hightlight in History:
    On Feb. 9, 1960, Adolph Coors Co. chairman Adolph Coors III, 44, was shot to death during a botched kidnapping attempt while on his way to the family brewery in Golden, Colo. (Coors' body wasn't found for seven months; the man who killed him, Joseph Corbett Jr., served 19 years in prison. Corbett committed suicide in Aug. 2009.)


On This Date:
    In 1825
      the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

    In 1861
      Jefferson Davis was elected the provisional president of the Confederate States of America.

    In 1870
      the U.S. Weather Bureau was established.

    In 1942
      daylight-saving "War Time" went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.

    In 1943
      the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces.

    In 1950
      in a speech in Wheeling, W.Va., Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) charged the State Department was riddled with Communists.

    In 1971
      the crew of Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man's third landing on the moon.

    In 1984
      Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died at age 69, less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev; he was succeeded by Konstantin U. Chernenko (chehr-NYEN'-koh).

    In 2002
      Britain's Princess Margaret, the high-spirited and unconventional sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died in London at age 71.


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Hackers stepped up their "denial of service" attacks on popular Internet sites, zeroing in on such targets as ETrade and ZDNet, inconveniencing millions of Web users and unnerving Wall Street. Boeing Co. engineers and technical workers began a 40-day strike. Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina was forced out by board members, ending her nearly six-year reign. A new postage stamp honoring President Ronald Reagan was issued in ceremonies across the country. President Barack Obama used his first news conference since taking office to urgently pressure lawmakers to approve a massive economic recovery bill. All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs, telling ESPN he had used steroids while with the Texas Rangers for three years. Lindsey Vonn won the downhill for her second gold at the World Championships in Val D'isere, France, becoming the second American woman (after Andrea Mead Lawrence) to win two golds at a worlds. Playwright Robert Anderson ("Tea and Sympathy") died in New York at age 91.


Today's Birthdays:
    Actress Kathryn Grayson is 88
    Television journalist Roger Mudd is 82
    Actress Janet Suzman is 71
    Actress-politician Sheila James Kuehl (kyool) ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") is 69
    Singer-songwriter Carole King is 68
    Actor Joe Pesci is 67
    Singer Barbara Lewis is 67
    Author Alice Walker is 66
    Actress Mia Farrow is 65
    Sen
    Jim Webb (D-Va.) is 64
    Singer Joe Ely is 63
    Actress Judith Light is 61
    Rhythm-and-blues musician Dennis "DT" Thomas (Kool & the Gang) is 59
    Actor Charles Shaughnessy is 55
    Former Democratic National Chairman Terry McAuliffe is 53
    Jazz musician Steve Wilson is 49
    Country singer Travis Tritt is 47
    Actress Julie Warner is 45
    Country singer Danni Leigh is 40
    Actor Jason George is 38
    Actor-producer Charlie Day is 34
    Rock singer Chad Wolf (Carolina Liar) is 34
    Actor A.J
    Buckley (TV: "CSI: NY") is 33
    Rock musician Richard On (O.A.R.) is 31
    Actress Ziyi Zhang is 31
    Actor David Gallagher is 25
    Actress Marina Malota is 22
    Actress Camille Winbush ("The Bernie Mac Show") is 20.


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