What Happened On This Day ? February 9
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1996
The Irish paramilitary organization IRA ends an 18-month ceasefire by exploding a large bomb in London
The explosion in London's Canary Wharf left 2 people dead and 39 injured.
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1969
The Boeing 747 flies for the first time
The “Jumbo Jet” was the world's largest passenger aircraft at the time.
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1964
The Beatles embark on their first tour in the United States
Their appearance in the Ed Sullivan Sow marked the beginning of the “British Invasion”
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1959
The world's first intercontinental ballistic missile becomes operational in the USSR
The Soviet R-7 Semyorka missile had a range of 8800 km (5500 mi).
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1950
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy launches his anti-communist campaign
On this day, McCarthy accused the U.S. State Department of being infiltrated by communists.
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1987
Magdalena Neuner
German biathlete
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1942
Carole King
American singer-songwriter, pianist
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1932
Gerhard Richter
German painter
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1846
Wilhelm Maybach
German businessman, founded Maybach
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1737
Thomas Paine
English/American theorist, author
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1981
Bill Haley
American singer-songwriter, musician
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1957
Miklos Horthy
Hungarian Admiral, regent
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1881
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian author
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1857
Dionysios Solomos
Greek poet
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967
Sayf al-Dawla
Emir of Aleppo