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February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of the year (326 in leap years).
Events[]
- 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1555 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
- 1621 - Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- 1788 - The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
- 1822 - Haiti invades the Dominican Republic.
- 1825 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery.
- 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
- 1885 - The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii.
- 1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
- 1895 - William G. Morgan invents volleyball.
- 1900 - Davis Cup competition is established.
- 1904 - Battle of Port Arthur
- 1920 - By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
- 1922 - Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1934 - The Balkan Entente is formed.
- 1942 - World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
- 1942 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States.
- 1943 - World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 1945 - The Battle of the Atlantic the HMS Venturer sinking U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway.
- 1950 - Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
- 1960 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
- 1966 - The NHL announces its intended expansion that will double its size.
- 1969 - First test flight of the Boeing 747.
- 1971 - The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
- 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
- 1973 - Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
- 1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
- 1986 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century.
- 1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
- 1994 - Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
- 1996 - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
- 2001 - The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
Births[]
- 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
- 1645 - Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)
- 1666 - George Hamilton, British soldier (d. 1737)
- 1748 - Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
- 1756 - Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
- 1763 - Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
- 1769 - Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802
- 1773 - William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (d. 1841)
- 1775 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856)
- 1781 - Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)
- 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
- 1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
- 1800 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
- 1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
- 1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
- 1834 - Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912)
- 1839 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
- 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
- 1846 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
- 1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (d. 1949)
- 1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
- 1880 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
- 1885 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
- 1891 - Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958)
- 1892 - Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
- 1892 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (d. 1936)
- 1895 - Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959)
- 1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)
- 1901 - Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972)
- 1901 - James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
- 1902 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999)
- 1906 - André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
- 1909 - Heather Angel, British actress (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
- 1909 - Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Harald Genzmer, German composer
- 1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
- 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (d. 1970)
- 1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986)
- 1915 - Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1916 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress
- 1922 - Jim Laker, English cricketer (d. 1986)
- 1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
- 1925 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
- 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
- 1928 - Frank Frazetta, American illustrator
- 1928 - Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
- 1928 - Roger Mudd, American journalist
- 1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003)
- 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
- 1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
- 1932 - Gerhard Richter, German painter
- 1933 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (d. 2003)
- 1934 - John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner
- 1936 - Clive Swift, British actor
- 1936 - Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer
- 1939 - Barry Mann, American singer
- 1939 - Janet Suzman, South African actress
- 1940 - Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows)
- 1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel laureate
- 1941 - Sheila Kuehl, American actress
- 1942 - Carole King, American singer
- 1943 - Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter
- 1943 - Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speedskater
- 1943 - Joe Pesci, American actor
- 1943 - Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
- 1944 - Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality
- 1944 - Alice Walker, American writer
- 1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress
- 1945 - Gérard Lenorman, French singer
- 1946 - Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician
- 1946 - Vince Papale, NFL player
- 1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
- 1947 - Joe Ely, American musician
- 1949 - Judith Light, American actress
- 1950 - Richard F. Colburn, American politician
- 1952 - Danny White, American football player
- 1952 - Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
- 1953 - Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
- 1953 - Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer
- 1954 - Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
- 1954 - Kevin Warwick, Cyborg Scientist
- 1955 - JM J. Bullock, American actor
- 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
- 1957 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager
- 1958 - Chris Nilan, National Hockey League player
- 1958 - Cyrille Regis, English former footballer
- 1960 - Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
- 1961 - John Kruk, American baseball player
- 1961 - Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
- 1962 - Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)
- 1963 - Brian Greene, American physicist
- 1963 - Travis Tritt, American singer
- 1965 - Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater
- 1965 - Julie Warner, American actress
- 1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
- 1967 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player
- 1969 - Jimmy Smith, American football player
- 1968 - Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
- 1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
- 1971 - Sharon Case, American actress
- 1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
- 1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
- 1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
- 1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
- 1975 - Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
- 1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
- 1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
- 1976 - Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
- 1977 - Eric Lai, Canadian Industrialist, born in Taiwan
- 1978 - Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
- 1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
- 1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
- 1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
- 1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
- 1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
- 1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
- 1980 - Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
- 1981 - Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
- 1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
- 1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
- 1983 - Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
- 1984 - Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior
- 1984 - Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
- 1986 - Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
- 1987 - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
- 1987 - Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
- 1989 - Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player
- 1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
- 1990 - Camille Winbush, American actress
- 1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor
Deaths[]
- 1011 - Bernard I
- 1199 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
- 1450 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
- 1555 - Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510)
- 1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
- 1640 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
- 1675 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
- 1709 - François Louis, French general (b. 1664)
- 1751 - Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
- 1752 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
- 1777 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)
- 1782 - Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710)
- 1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
- 1857 - Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)
- 1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (b. 1798)
- 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
- 1891 - Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
- 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
- 1940 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
- 1951 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
- 1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
- 1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870)
- 1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
- 1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
- 1969 - Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
- 1973 - Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919)
- 1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
- 1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
- 1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
- 1978 - Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
- 1979 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
- 1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
- 1984 - Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
- 1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
- 1991 - James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
- 1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1934)
- 1995 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
- 1995 - David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1997 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945)
- 1999 - Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
- 2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
- 2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
- 2006 - Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
- 2006 - Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- 2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
Holidays and observances[]
- Saint Ansbert of Rouen
- Saint Maron's Day - Lebanon
- Saint Apollonia, patron saint of dentists and dental technicians
- February 9
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| This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at February 9. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License. |
111 Familypedia people were born on February 9
127 Familypedia people died on February 9
68 Familypedia people were first married on February 9
