February 9 - Breakfast

Breakfast

This Day In History

1870

President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.

1900

The Davis Cup competition is established.

1913

A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

1964

The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.

1969

First test flight of the Boeing 747.

Famous Birthdays

1737

Thomas Paine, English radical liberal philosopher, American revolutionary (d. 1809)

1773

William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)

1846

Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)

1897

Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)

1942

Carole King, American singer

1961

John Kruk, American baseball player

1987

Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete