Friday, February 9, 2007
[1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th U.S. President, born in Charles City County, Virginia]
[1799 - USS Constellation (Captain Truxtun) captures French l'Insurgente]
[1866 - George Ade, humorist, journalist, playwright, born in Kentland, Indiana]
[1870 - United States Weather Bureau authorized by Congress]
[1874 - Amy Lowell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, born in Boston]
[1909 - Dean Rusk, Secretary of State for Kennedy & Johnson, born in Lickskillet, Georgia]
[1909 - Founding of Brickyard; Indianapolis Motor Speedway incorporated by Carl G. Fisher]
[1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, actress, dancer, stripper, born in Seattle, Washington]