February 9th

Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire together with his son Leo II.

New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez admitted he took banned substances from 2001 to 2003.

Britain's Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 71.

A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat.

The Irish paramilitary organization IRA ends an 18-month ceasefire by exploding a large bomb in London. The explosion in London's Canary Wharf left 2 people dead and 39 injured.

Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.

Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev.

British government declares state of emergency after month-long coal miners' strike.

Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man's third landing on the moon.

The Boeing 747 flies for the first time. The “Jumbo Jet” was the world's largest passenger aircraft at the time.

The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.'.

The world's first intercontinental ballistic missile becomes operational in the USSR. The Soviet R-7 Semyorka missile had a range of 8800 km (5500 mi).

Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.

The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.

Daylight-saving 'war time' went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.

The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president.

The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.

British Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion.

William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va.