Feb. 9, Boeing 727 airplane makes its first flight

1900- The first edition of what is now known as Davis Tennis Cup launched.

1963- Boeing 727 airplane makes its first flight.

1964- The first TV appearance of the Beatles rock band on the Ed Sullivan Show.

1971- Apollo 14 aircraft returns to the earth after landing on the moon.

1992- A state of emergency declared in Algeria after a political crisis in the country.

2001- US military submarine “Greeneville” collides with a Japanese fishing vessel in Pearl Harbor.

Born Today:

1940- South African Novelist John Maxwell Coetzee.

Passed away:

1963- Former Iraqi President Abdul-Karim Qasim.

1977- The Wife of Jordanian King Hussein Bin Tala, Queen Alia.

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