The Beatles appear on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
The article commemorates various historical events that occurred on February 9th across different years. Notable events include the Beatles’ first live appearance on American television in 1964, the House of Representatives electing John Quincy Adams president in 1825, and “Parasite” becoming the first foreign-language film to win the best picture Oscar in 2020. Other important moments include the signing of an agreement to make Jamaica an independent nation within the British Commonwealth in 1962, and the revelation in 2022 that Russian figure skating superstar, Kamila Valieva, tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Beijing Games. The article also remembers birthdays of several personalities such as actor Janet Suzman, Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee, and actor Mia Farrow.
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