Today In History
Today is Saturday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2019. There are 325 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1964: The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” broadcast from New York on CBS.
ON THIS DATE
› 1825: The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.
› 1861: Jefferson Davis was elected provisional president of the Confederate States of America at a congress held in Montgomery, Alabama.
› 1942: The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II. Daylight-saving “War Time” went into effect in the United States, with clocks moved one hour forward.
› 1943: The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces.
› 1964: The G.I. Joe action figure was introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
› 2005: Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly Fiorina was forced out by board members, ending her nearly six-year reign.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Television journalist Roger Mudd is 91. Actress Janet Suzman is
80. Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee is 79. Actress-politician Sheila James Kuehl (TV: “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 78. Author Alice Walker is 75. Actress Mia Farrow is 74. Former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., is
73. Singer Joe Ely is 72. Actress Judith Light is 70. Rhythm and blues musician Dennis “DT” Thomas (Kool & the Gang) is 68. Actor Charles Shaughnessy is 64. Actor Ed Amatrudo is 63. Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is 62. Jazz musician Steve Wilson is
58. Actor Jason George is
47. Actress Amber Valletta is 45. Actor-producer Charlie Day is 43. Rock singer Chad Wolf (Carolina Liar) is 43. Actor A.J. Buckley is 42. Rock musician Richard On (O.A.R.) is 40. Actress Ziyi Zhang is 40. Actor David Gallagher is 34. Actor Michael B. Jordan is 32. Actress Rose Leslie is 32. Actress Marina Malota is 31. Actress Camille Winbush is 29. Actor Jimmy Bennett is 23. Actor Evan Roe (TV: “Madam Secretary”) is 19.