AP Highlight in History: On Feb. 9, 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, during a speech in Wheeling, W.Va., charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. (The Wisconsin Republican never provided any evidence to substantiate his claims.)
Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis.
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1773
William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va.
1825
The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.
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1861
The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president.
1870
The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
1942
Daylight-saving "war time" went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.
1943
The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.
1964
The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man's third landing on the moon.
1984
Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev.
1993
NBC News announced it had settled a defamation lawsuit brought by General Motors over the network's demonstration of a fiery pickup truck crash on "Dateline NBC."
1999
The Senate began closed-door deliberations in President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial.
2002
Britain's Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 71.
2009
Following media reports, New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez admitted he took banned substances from 2001 to 2003.
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