Monday, February 9, 2009
[1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th U.S. President, born in Charles City County, Virginia]
[1799 - USS Constellation (Captain Truxtun commanding) captures French l'Insurgente]
[1866 - George Ade, humorist, journalist,
playwright, born in Kentland, Indiana]
[1870 - United States Weather Bureau is authorized by Congress]
[1874 - Amy Lowell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, born in Boston]
[1891 - Ronald (Charles) Colman, Academy Award-winning
actor, born in Richmond, Surrey, England]
[1901 - (Waldo) Brian Donlevy, actor, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland]
[1909 - Dean Rusk, Secretary of State, born in Cherokee County, Georgia]
[1909 - Brickyard Founded; Indianapolis Motor Speedway incorporated by Carl G. Fisher]
[1914 - Bill (William Louis) Veeck, Jr., Baseball Hall of Famer, born in Chicago]
[1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, actress, dancer, stripper, born in Seattle, Washington]