TODAY IN HISTORY-WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2011. There are 325 days left in the year.

Wednesday, February  09, 2011 Highlight in History:  On Feb. 9, 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, during a speech in Wheeling, W.Va., charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists. (The Wisconsin Republican never provided any evidence to substantiate his claims.) Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis.   AP Photo/Herbert K. White
On this date in: 1773 William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va. 1825 The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. 1861 The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president. 1942 Daylight-saving "war time" went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward. 1943 The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces. 1964 The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Ed Sullivan introduces the Beatles Read the original AP story AP Photo 1971 Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man's third landing on the moon. 1984 Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev. 2002 Britain's Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 71. 2009 New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez admitted he took banned substances from 2001 to 2003.		Today's Birthdays: Singer-songwriter Carole King turns 69 years old today. AP Photo/Richard Drew Name Profession Age Roger Mudd Broadcast journalist 83 J.M. Coetzee Nobel Prize-winning author 71 Joe Pesci Actor 68 Alice Walker Author ("The Color Purple") 67 Mia Farrow Actress 66 Jim Webb U.S. senator, D-Va. 65 Judith Light Actress ("Who's the Boss?") 62 Travis Tritt Country singer 48 Julie Warner Actress 46 Ziyi Zhang Actress ("Memoirs of a Geisha") 32 Designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero turns 36 years old today. AP Photo/Kathy Willens Thought for Today: "The man who has eaten enough will never believe a hungry one." — Albanian proverb.