Feb 9 Daily

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QUOTE

Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.

--Benjamin Franklin

BIRTHDAYS

1737 – Thomas Paine, Philosopher, author, and activist
1914 – Ernest Tubb, Singer-songwriter and guitarist

IN MEMORY

1969 – George “Gabby” Hayes, Actor and singer
1981 – Bill Haley, Singer-songwriter and guitarist

IN ON THIS DAY

1775 – The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
1825 – After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as 6th President of the United States in a contingent election.
1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is reinstated as a wartime measure to conserve energy.

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