These are just some of the events that happened on February 9th.

1649, The funeral of British King Charles I took place. He was buried at Windsor, England.

1775, British Parliament declared Massachusetts in rebellion.

1825, After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams President of the United States.

1861, Jefferson Davis was elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of American by the Confederate convention in Montgomery, Alabama.

1949, Actor Robert Mitchum was jailed in Los Angeles for two months for smoking marijuana.

1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy accused the State Department of being filled with communists.

1960, Actress Joanne Woodward received the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1964, The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing for a record breaking audience of 73 million viewers.

1971, Satchel Paige became the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1972, Britain and East Germany established diplomatic relations.

1981, General Wojciech Jaruzelski took over as Poland's Prime Minister to try and squash the Solidarity movement.

1981, Musician Bill Haley died of a heart attack at his home in Harlingen, Texas.

1997, The Simpsons became the longest running animated prime-time TV series in the US, beating the record held by The Flintstones.

2001, The submarine USS Greeneville accidentally struck and sunk the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.