February 9 in Pop Culture History
1825 – The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president since no candidate had received a majority of electoral votes.
1870 – The weather service, now named the National Weather Service (NWS) was authorized by Congress.
1889 – The United States Department of Agriculture was established
1895 – William G. Morgan, a Holyoke, MA, YMCA physical education director, invented the game of volleyball.
1900 – The Davis Cup tennis competition was established.
1902 – Doctor Eugène-Louis Doyen of Paris, performed a successful operation separating Siamese freakshow twins (Radika and Dodika), from the Barnum and Bailey Circus, apart.
1913 – The 1913 Great Meteor Procession took place over the eastern section of North America.
1942 – ‘War Time’ Daylight-savings went into effect in the US.
1957 – # 1 Hit February 9, 1957 – March 1, 1957: Elvis Presley – Too Much
1960 – Adolph Coors was kidnapped and later killed by Joe Corbett while driving to work from his Morrison, Colorado, home.
1961 – The Beatles debuted at Liverpool’s Cavern.
1963 – # 1 Hit February 9, 1963 – March 1, 1963: Paul & Paula – Hey Paula
1964 – The Beatles appeared in the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1969 – The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight.
1971 – Satchel Paige became the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1974 – # 1 Hit February 9, 1974 – March 1, 1974: Love Unlimited Orchestra – Love’s Theme
1991 – # 1 Hit February 9, 1991 – February 22, 1991: C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
1997- The Simpsons made television history with their episode “The Itchy, Scratchy and Pootchie Show” which they then surpassed the Flintstones as the longest running prime-time cartoon series in terms of episodes aired
