Daily Calendar for Sunday, February 9, 2025

Robert Fulton received patent for steamboat improvements– 1811
Jefferson Davis named president of the Confederate States of America– 1861
U.S. Weather Bureau established by Congress as part of Signal Corps– 1870
Office of Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries formed– 1871
First train passed through Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts– 1875
War Time (year-round daylight saving time) began in the United States– 1942
Joanne Woodward received the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame– 1960
The first Boeing 727 took off– 1963
First appearance of The Beatles on the U.S. TV program, The Ed Sullivan Show. 73 million people watched (about 45% of the U.S. population).– 1964
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck San Fernando, California– 1971
Canada expelled 13 Soviet diplomats for spying– 1978
Paul McCartney was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame– 2012

-52 degrees F in Butte, Montana– 1933
Portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama had a severe ice storm– 1994
After a 2-day snowstorm ended, 11.4 inches of snow lay in New York City’s Central Park– 2013
After a 2-day snowstorm ended, 38 inches of snow lay in Milford, Connecticut– 2013