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February 9
1861Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America. 1943The battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory. 1950Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department. 1964The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1991Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. 2001A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat. 
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