On This Date By The Associated Press 1773 William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va. 1825 The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. 1861 The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president. 1942 Daylight-saving war time went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward. 1943 The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces. 1964 The Beatles made their first live American TV appearance, on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1971 Apollo 14 returned to Earth after mans third landing on the moon. 1984 Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev. 2002 Britains Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 71. 2009 New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez admitted he took banned substances from 2001 to 2003.
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