February 9
February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 325 days remaining, 326 in leap years.
Events
- 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1621 - Gregory XV becomes Pope
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: English Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion
- 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, Alabama.
- 1885 - The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii.
- 1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
- 1895 - W.G. Morgan invents volleyball.
- 1900 - Davis Cup competition is established
- 1942 - World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discus American military strategy in the war.
- 1942 - Daylight-saving time goes into effect in the United States.
- 1950 - 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.
- 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam
- 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 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third maned moon landing.
- 1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
- 1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence
- 1994 - Peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina announced (so called Vance-Owen peace plan)
- 1997 - The Simpsons surpasses the The Flintstones as the longest-running prime-time animated series.
- 2001 - American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks Japanese fishing vessel Ehime-Maru.
Births
- 1409 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor
- 1769 - Susette Gontard, girl-friend of poet Friedrich Hölderlin (+ 1802)
- 1773 - William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (+ 1841)
- 1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz, future Ottoman sultan
- 1834 - Felix Dahn, author (+ 1912)
- 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, designer of engines and cars, industrialist (+ 1929)
- 1874 - Amy Lowell, poet (+ 1925)
- 1885 - Alban Berg, composer (+ 1935)
- 1885 - Anita Ree, painter (+ 1933))
- 1891 - Ronald Colman, actor (+ 1958)
- 1909 - Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (+ 1994)
- 1909 - Carmen Miranda, actress, singer (+ 195)
- 1910 - Jacques Monod, biochemist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 (+ 1976)
- 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, actress, ecdesiast (+ 1970)
- 1914 - Ernest Tubb, country music singer
- 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, actress
- 1923 - Brendan Behan, author (+ 1964)
- 1928 - Frank Frazetta, illustrator
- 1928 - Roger Mudd, journalist
- 1932 - Gerhard Richter, painter and graphic artist
- 1942 - Carole King, singer, composer
- 1943 - Joe Pesci, actor
- 1944 - Alice Walker, writer
- 1945 - Mia Farrow, actress
- 1963 - Travis Tritt, country music singer
- 1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
- 1972 - Audra Edwards, Australian Soldier
- 1977 - Shakira, Colombian pop singer
- 1979 - Mena Suvari, actress
- 1981 - Zhang Ziyi, actress
- 1981 - John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban
Deaths
- 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, author
- 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet
- 1951 - Eddy Duchin, musician
- 1957 - Miklos Horthy, Hungarian admiral and longtime Regent
- 1969 - Gabby Hayes, actor
- 1976 - Percy Faith, musician, composer
- 1981 - Bill Haley, musician ("Bill Haley and the Comets")
- 1984 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom
Holidays and observances
See Also:
February 8 - February 10 - January 9 - March 9 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December