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February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 325 days remaining, 326 in Leap Year s.
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 .
- declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- 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 .
- is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States Of America by the Confederate Convention at Montgomery, Alabama .
- 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
- 1885 - The first Japan ese 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.
- 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 .
- to be evacuated the night before, American authorities declared Guadalcanal secure.
- 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 .
- combat troops are sent to South Vietnam .
- 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 become voted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame .
- 1971 - 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 - Peace plan for Bosnia And Herzegovina announced (so called Vance-Owen peace plan).
- 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
- 1404 - Constantine XI , last Byzantine Emperor (d. 1453 )
- 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa , Japanese warlord and samurai (d. 1611 )
- 1666 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl Of Orkney , British soldier (d. 1737 )
- 1748 - Luther Martin , American patriot (d. 1826 )
- 1773 - William Henry Harrison , President Of The United States (d. 1841 )
- 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky , Russian poet (d. 1852 )
- 1800 - Hyrum Smith , American religious leader (d. 1844 )
- 1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876 )
- 1834 - Felix Dahn , German author (d. 1912 )
- 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach , German automotive designer and industrialist (d. 1929 )
- 1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell , British actress (d. 1940 )
- 1874 - Amy Lowell , American poet (d. 1925 )
- 1885 - Alban Berg , Austrian composer (d. 1935 )
- 1891 - Ronald Colman , English actor (d. 1958 )
- 1892 - Peggy Wood , American actress (d. 1978 )
- 1895 - Hermann Brill , German politician (d. 1959 )
- 1897 - Sir 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 )
- 1909 - Heather Angel , British actress (d. 1986 )
- 1909 - Carmen Miranda , Portuguese actress and singer (d. 1955 )
- 1909 - Dean Rusk , United States Secretary Of State (d. 1994 )
- 1910 - Jacques Monod , French biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1976 )
- 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee , American dancer and actress (d. 1970 )
- 1914 - Ernest Tubb , American singer (d. 1984 )
- 1914 - Bill Veeck , baseball executive (d. 1986 )
- 1916 - Tex Hughson , baseball player (d. 1993 )
- 1922 - Kathryn Grayson , American actress
- 1923 - Brendan Behan , Irish author (d. 1964 )
- 1925 - Burkhard Heim , German physicist (d. 2001 )
- 1926 - Garret FitzGerald , seventh Taoiseach of the Republic Of Ireland
- 1928 - Frank Frazetta , American illustrator
- 1928 - Roger Mudd , American journalist
- 1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong , American evangelist (d. 2003 )
- 1932 - Gerhard Richter , German painter and graphic artist
- 1936 - Clive Swift , British actor
- 1939 - Barry Mann , American singer and songwriter
- 1939 - Janet Suzman , South African actress
- 1940 - J. M. Coetzee , South African author, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 - Sheila Kuehl , American actress and politician
- 1942 - Carole King , American singer and composer
- 1943 - Joe Pesci , American actor
- 1943 - Joseph E. Stiglitz , American economist, Bank Of Sweden Prize winner
- 1944 - Alice Walker , American writer
- 1944 - Derryn Hinch , Australian media personality
- 1945 - Mia Farrow , American actress
- 1946 - Séan Neeson , Northern Irish politician
- 1947 - Carla Del Ponte , UN prosecutor
- 1949 - Judith Light , American actress
- 1949 - Jim Sheridan , Irish film director
- 1952 - Mookie Wilson , baseball player
- 1953 - Ciarán Hinds , Northern Irish actor
- 1955 - JM J. Bullock , American actor
- 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy , British actor
- 1960 - Holly Johnson , British singer ( Frankie Goes To Hollywood )
- 1961 - John Kruk , baseball player and commentator
- 1963 - Brian Greene , American physicist
- 1963 - Travis Tritt , American singer
- 1966 - Ellen Van Langen , Dutch athlete
- 1967 - Todd Pratt , American baseball player
- 1970 - Glenn McGrath , Australian cricketer
- 1971 - Sharon Case , American actress
- 1971 - Johan Mjällby , Swedish footballer
- 1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya , Soviet gymnast
- 1976 - Vladimir Guerrero , Dominican Major League Baseball player
- 1979 - David Gray , English snooker player
- 1979 - Irina Slutskaya , Russian figure skater
- 1979 - Mena Suvari , American actress
- 1979 - Zhang Ziyi , Chinese actress
- 1981 - John Walker Lindh , American Taliban fighter
- 1982 - Ami Suzuki , Japanese singer
- 1985 - David Gallagher , American actor
- 1996 - Jimmy Bennett , American actor
Deaths
- 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, Prince Of Conti , 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 )
- 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 and regent (b. 1868 )
- 1960 - Alexandre Benois , Russian artist (b. 1870 )
- 1966 - Sophie Tucker , Russian-born actress and singer (b. 1884 )
- 1969 - Gabby Hayes , American actor (b. 1885 )
- 1976 - Percy Faith , Canadian musician and composer (b. 1908 )
- 1979 - Dennis Gabor , Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900 )
- 1981 - Bill Haley , American musician ( Bill Haley And The Comets ) (b. 1925 )
- 1984 - Yuri Andropov , General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1914 )
- 1989 - Osamu Tezuka , the godfather of Japanese Manga (b. 1928 )
- 1994 - Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1934 )
- 1995 - J. William Fulbright , U.S. Senator (b. 1905 )
- 1999 - Bryan Mosley , British actor (b. 1931 )
- 2001 - Herbert Simon , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916 )
- 2002 - Princess Margaret Of The United Kingdom (b. 1930 )
- 2006 - Freddie Laker , British Airline entrepreneur (b. 1922 )
Holidays and observances
External links
February 8 - February 10 - January 9 - March 9 -- Listing Of All Days
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