Famous Birthdays, Deaths, and Events on February 9

Famous Birthdays:

Brian Donlevy (Irish born American actor) - 1899
Ernest Tubb (Singer/Songwriter) - 1914
Carmen Miranda (Broadway Actress) - 1909
Gypsy Rose Lee (Burlesque entertainer) -1914
Kathryn Grayson (Actress and Opera Singer) - 1922
Roger Mudd (Journalist/Broadcaster) -1928
Robert Morris (Artist) -1931
Barry Mann (Songwriter) - 1942
Carole King (Singer/Songwriter) - 1942
Joe Pesci (Actor) - 1943
Barbara Lewis (Singer/Songwriter) - 1943
Alice Walker (Author) -1944
Mia Farrow (Actress) - 1945
Joe Ely (Singer/Songwriter) -1947
Major Harris (R&B Singer) - 1947
Judith Light (Actress) - 1949
Dennis "DT" Thomas (Kool & the Gang) - 1951
Charles Shaughnessy (English Actor) - 1955
Travis Tritt (Country Music Artist) - 1963
Julie Warner (Actress) - 1965
Danni Leigh (Country Music) - 1970
David Gallagher (Actor) - 985

Famous Deaths:

Bill Haley (Singer) - 1981

Princess Margaret (younger sister of Queen Elizabeth) - 2002

Famous Events:

1825 - John Quincy Adams was elected president of the U.S. House of Representatives.

1861 - Jefferson Davis was elected president of The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America.

1870 - The United States Weather Bureau, known as the National Weather Service, was authorized by Congress.

1895 - W. G. Morgan invented the game of Volley Ball.

1932 - The U.S. entered their first 2-man bobsled team at the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid, NY.

1942 - In the United States, daylight-saving "War Time" went into effect.

1950 - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was filled with Communists, creating the beginning of "McCarthyism."

1953 - "Superman" the movie premiered.

1960 - The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and went to Joanne Woodward.

1969 - The Boeing 747 flew for the first time..

1971 - The Sylmar earthquake that registered 6.4 on the Richter Scale shook the San Fernando Valley..

1971 - The Apollo 14 spacecraft arrived back at earth after being mankind's third landing on the moon.

1975 - The Russian Soyuz 17 returned to Earth.

1984 - Brandon Tartikoff, president of NBC Entertainment, gave an interviewer the "10 Commandments for TV Programmers."

1997 - "The Simpsons" became the longest-running prime-time animated series, a record that was previously held by "The Flintstones".

2001 - "Hannibal," which was the sequel to "Silence of the Lambs", opened in theaters in the United States.

Sources: On This Day.com, Who2.com, Wikipedia