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9 Feb 2021
Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began.
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9 Feb 2001
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
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9 Feb 1997
The Simpsons aired its 167th episode, making it the longest-running animation in TV history.
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9 Feb 1996
The Irish paramilitary organization IRA ends an 18-month ceasefire by exploding a large bomb in London.
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9 Feb 1995
Irina Privalova ran the world record female indoor 50-meter run in just 5.96 seconds.
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9 Feb 1989
Five Pharaoh sculptures were discovered in the temple of Luxor.
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9 Feb 1986
Halley's Comet was last seen from Earth. It only orbits the Earth once every 75 to 76 years.
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9 Feb 1969
The Boeing 747 flies for the first time.
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9 Feb 1964
The Beatles made their first appearance on the 'Ed Sullivan Show' and pulled in a record-breaking 73.7 million viewers.
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9 Feb 1959
The Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world's first Intercontinental ballistic missile, became operational.
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9 Feb 1950
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy launches his anti-communist campaign.
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9 Feb 1943
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a 48-hour working week order to increase production during World War II.
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9 Feb 1942
Daylight Saving started in the US.
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9 Feb 1934
A record low temperature was recorded and reached a bone-chilling -15°F in Central Park, New York City.
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9 Feb 1894
Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey's Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
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9 Feb 1886
Martial Law was declared in Seattle by President Grover Cleveland due to anti-Chinese unrest.
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9 Feb 1870
President Ulysses S. authorized the establishment of the United States National Weather Service (NWS).
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9 Feb 1825
House puts John Quincy Adams in the White House.
