February 9: This Day in History

Featured Fact, 1964:
The Beatles make their first live American television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. According to A.C. Nielsen, 73 million people in 23,240,000 households watched the show. The Beatles earned $2,400 for their appearance.

Also Today:
1964: "GI Joe" action doll goes on sale.
1969: The world's largest airplane, the Boeing 747, also the world's largest passenger plane, makes its first commercial flight.
1825: John Quincy Adams is elected president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.
1874: Poet and critic Amy Lowell is born.
1895: Volleyball is invented in Massachusetts by W.G. Morgan.
1971: Apollo XIV returns to Earth after the third manned lunar landing.

February is Black History Month. Today:
1944: Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, is born.

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