Good morning, it’s Saturday, February 9, the 40th day of 2008. There are 326 days left in the year. The forecast calls for sun and highs in the 70s.
Forty-four years ago tonight, teenagers from coast to coast were glued to TV setse as the Beatles made their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS.
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A friendly squirrel decides to have a little lunch and pose for the camera. The photo was taken by Julie Hrozek and was selected for the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.Click here for information about the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.
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Today's Highlight in Local History:
On February 9, 1990, there was a major train derailment in Temple.
Today's Highlight in History:
On February 9th, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in
the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese
forces.
On This Date:
In 1773, the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Virginia.
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 1950, in a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican, Wisconsin) charged the State Department was riddled with Communists.
In 1964, The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS.
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.
In 2001, a U.S. Navy submarine collided with a Japanese fishing boat off the Hawaiian coast, killing nine men and boys aboard the boat.
Ten years ago:
The Pentagon said it was sending up to 3,000 U.S. ground troops to the Persian Gulf region to discourage what one official called "any creative thinking" by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. At the Nagano Games, German Georg Hackl won the men's luge for the third consecutive Olympics.
Five years ago:
President Bush told congressional Republicans at a policy conference that Iraq had fooled the world for more than a decade about its banned weapons and the United Nations was now facing "a moment of truth" in disarming Saddam Hussein. The leaders of Germany and Russia renewed their calls for a peaceful resolution in Iraq, restating their opposition to any U.S.-led war to disarm and oust Saddam Hussein. The U.S. Navy ended its last bombing exercises on Puerto Rico's Vieques Island. The West beat the East 155-145 in the first double overtime game in NBA All-Star history.
One year ago:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters in Munich, Germany, that serial numbers and other markings on bombs suggested that Iranians were linked to deadly explosives used by
Iraqi militants. British actor Ian Richardson, who portrayed immoral politician Francis Urquhart in the satirical TV drama "House of Cards," died in London at age 72
Today's Birthdays:
Actress Kathryn Grayson is 86. Television journalist Roger Mudd is 80. Actress Janet Suzman is 69. Actress-politician Sheila James Kuehl (kyool) ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") is 67. Singer-songwriter Carole King is 66. Actor Joe Pesci is 65. Singer Barbara Lewis is 65. Author Alice Walker is 64. Actress Mia Farrow is 63. Singer Joe Ely is 61. Actress Judith Light is 59. Rhythm-and-blues musician Dennis "DT" Thomas (Kool & the Gang) is 57. Actor Charles Shaughnessy is 53. Country singer Travis Tritt is 45. Actress Julie Warner is 43. Country singer
Danni Leigh is 38. Actor Jason George is 36. Actor-producer Charlie Day is 32. Actress Ziyi (zee yee) Zhang is 29. Actor David Gallagher is 23. Actress Marina Malota is 20. Actress Camille
Winbush ("The Bernie Mac Show") is 18.
Thought for Today:
"If we knew where opinion ended and fact began, we should have discovered, I suppose, the absolute." -- Alec Waugh, English author (1898-1981).
(Source: Associated Press)
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