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February 9

4 sourced moments from February 9 in history: The House Picks a President (1825); America's national weather service is born (1870); The Beatles meet America on Ed Sullivan (1964), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on February 9

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1969 Technology · Transportation

The Boeing 747 makes its maiden flight

The original jumbo jet lifted off near Seattle in 1969 and reshaped how ordinary people cross oceans.

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1964 Culture & Arts · Film & TV

The Beatles meet America on Ed Sullivan

On a Sunday night in 1964, four young men from Liverpool walked onstage and roughly 73 million Americans never quite recovered.

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1870 Earth & Climate · Weather & Climate

America's national weather service is born

A one-line act of Congress put the U.S. Army in the forecasting business and built the backbone of modern storm warnings.

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1825 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The House Picks a President

When no candidate won an electoral majority in 1824, the U.S. House did something it has done only twice: choose the president itself.

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