Historical Events on February 9

The Ed Sullivan Show

Here are some historical events that occurred on February 9th:

1943: The Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Theater of World War II ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces.

1950: Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of 205 members of the Communist Party working in the U.S. State Department, launching the era known as McCarthyism.

1964: The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, marking the beginning of the "British Invasion" in the United States.

1971: The Sylmar earthquake struck the Greater Los Angeles Area in California, with a magnitude of 6.6, causing significant damage and loss of life.

1986: Halley's Comet reached its perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, during its 1986 apparition.

1996: The Irish Republican Army (IRA) declared an end to its 18-month ceasefire with a bomb explosion in London's Docklands area.

2001: The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally collided with the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru near Hawaii, resulting in the deaths of nine crew members aboard the Japanese vessel.

2013: A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring about 1,500 people and causing extensive damage to buildings.

These are just a few notable events that took place on February 9th throughout history.