GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SATURDAY, February 09, the 40th day of 2019 with 325 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:4 and sunset is @ 5:0. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Uranus and Venus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn & Uranus.
ON THIS DAY IN: 1825 – The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president. No candidate had received a majority of electoral votes.
1861 – The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis as its president.
1870 – The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS).
1884 – Thomas Edison and Patrick Kenny executed a patent application for a chemical recording stock quotation telegraph (U.S. Pat. 314,115).
1885 – The first Japanese arrived in Hawaii.
1895 – Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan.
1895 – The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3.
1900 – Dwight F. Davis put up a new tennis trophy to go to the winner in matches against England. The trophy was a silver cup that weighed 36 pounds.
1909 – The first forestry school was incorporated in Kent, Ohio.
1932 – America entered the 2-man bobsled competition for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid, NY.
1942 – The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II.
1942 – Daylight-saving “War Time” went into effect in the U.S.
1943 – During World War II, the battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.
1950 – U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. This was the beginning of “McCarthyism.”
1958 – CBS radio debuted “Frontier Gentleman.”
1960 – A verbal agreement was reached between representatives of the American and National Football Leagues. Both agreed not to tamper with player contracts.
1960 – The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward.
1969 – The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight.
1971 – The San Fernando Valley experienced the Sylmar earthquake that registered 6.4 on the Richter Scale.
1971 – The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after mankind’s third landing on the moon.
1975 – The Russian Soyuz 17 returned to Earth.
1984 – NBC Entertainment president, Brandon Tartikoff, gave an interviewer the “10 Commandments for TV Programmers.”
1989 – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. completed the $25 billion purchase of RJR Nabisco, Inc.
1997 – “The Simpsons” became the longest-running prime-time animated series. “The Flintstones” held the record previously.
2001 – “Hannibal,” the sequel to “Silence of the Lambs,” opened in theaters.

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