February 9
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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).
Births [change]
- 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
- 1645 – Johann Aegidus Bach, German musician (d. 1716)
- 1711 - Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and naval commander (d. 1762)
- 1737 – Thomas Paine, English-born American intellectual, revolutionary and founding father of the United States (d. 1809)
- 1748 – Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
- 1751 – Antoine Bullant, Czech musician and opera composer (d. 1821)
- 1763 - Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
- 1769 - George W. Campbell, Scottish-born 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1848)
- 1773 – William Henry Harrison, 9th 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 stenography (d. 1849)
- 1814 – Samuel J. Tilden, American politician (d. 1886)
- 1830 – Abd-ul Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
- 1834 – Kamehameha IV, King of Hawaii (d. 1863)
- 1839 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
- 1843 - Nathan Goff, American lawyer and politician (d. 1920)
- 1846 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and entrepreneur (d. 1929)
- 1853 - Leander Starr Jameson, British-born South African politician (d. 1917)
- 1865 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist (d. 1949)
- 1880 - Lipot Fejer, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1989)
- 1891 - Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (d. 1980)
- 1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
- 1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
- 1895 – Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959)
- 1902 – Leon M'ba, 1st President of Gabon (d. 1967)
- 1909 – Robert Velter, French comic artist (d. 1991)
- 1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
- 1909 – Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
- 1910 – Jacques Monod, French biochemist (d. 1976)
- 1910 - Elbert N. Carvel, Governor of Delaware (d. 2005)
- 1912 - Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1968)
- 1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1922 – Kathryn Grayson, American singer and actress (d. 2010)
- 1923 – Brendan Behan, Irish writer and activist (d. 1964)
- 1925 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish politician and Taoiseach (d. 2011)
- 1928 – Frank Frazetta, American artist (d. 2010)
- 1928 – Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
- 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
- 1932 – Gerhard Richter, German artist
- 1936 – Clive Swift, British actor
- 1936 – Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country music singer (d. 2013)
- 1937 – Hildegard Behrens, German operatic soprano (d. 2009)
- 1939 – Janet Suzman, South African actress
- 1940 – J. M. Coetzee, South African-born Australian Nobel Prize-winning writer
- 1940 – Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows)
- 1942 – Carole King, American singer
- 1943 – Joe Pesci, American actor
- 1943 – Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist
- 1944 - Alice Walker, American writer
- 1945 – Mia Farrow, American actress
- 1946 - Jim Webb, United States Senator from Virginia
- 1947 – Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
- 1949 – Judith Light, American actress
- 1951 - Jay Inslee, 23rd Governor of Washington
- 1953 – Ciaran Hinds, Northern Irish actor
- 1954 - Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor
- 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, Britiah actor
- 1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1958 – Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
- 1959 – Ali Bongo Ondimba, 3rd President of Gabon
- 1960 – Holly Johnson, English singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
- 1961 – Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
- 1963 – Brian Greene, American physicist
- 1965 - Dieter Baumann, German athlete
- 1965 - Igor Malkov, Russian speed skater
- 1965 - Julie Warner, American actress
- 1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
- 1970 – Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
- 1971 – Johan Mjallby, Swedish footballer
- 1972 – Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
- 1974 - Jordi Cruyff, Dutch footballer
- 1979 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
- 1979 - Akinora Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
- 1979 – David Gray, British snooker player
- 1980 – Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
- 1981 – John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
- 1981 – The Rev, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) (d. 2009)
- 1981 - Tom Hiddleston, English actor
- 1982 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
- 1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
- 1986 – Princess Rajyah bint Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1987 – Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
- 1988 – Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
- 1989 – Shunta Takahashi, Japanese footballer
- 1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
- 1990 – Camille Winbush, American actress
Deaths [change]
- 967 - Sayf al-Dawla, Emir of Aleppo (b. 916)
- 1011 - Bernard I, Duke of Savoy
- 1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
- 1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
- 1675 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
- 1751 – Henri Francois d'Agesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
- 1777 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)
- 1782 – Johann Aloysius Assemani, Lebanese orientalist (b. 1710)
- 1803 – Jean Francois de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
- 1857 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet (b. 1798)
- 1881 – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
- 1889 – Peter Lalor, leader of the miners at the Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (b. 1827)
- 1905 - Adolph Menzel, German painter (b. 1815)
- 1930 – Richard With, Norwegian businessman (b. 1846)
- 1948 - Karl Valentin, German comedian, writer and movie producer (b. 1882)
- 1957 – Miklos Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
- 1960 – Erno Dohnanyi, Hungarian composer (b. 1877)
- 1977 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
- 1979 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-born British physicist (b. 1900)
- 1981 – Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
- 1984 – Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1914)
- 1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
- 1994 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist (b. 1934)
- 1997 - Barry Evans, British actor (b. 1943)
- 2001 – Herbert Simon, American economist (b. 1916)
- 2002 – Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
- 2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish inventor of table football (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (b. 1970)
- 2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor (b. 1920)
Events [change]
- 474 - Zeno crowned as co-Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts to be in rebellion.
- 1788 - The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War on the Russian side.
- 1796 – Jiaqing takes over from Qianlong as Emperor of China.
- 1825 – After an indecisive election, the United States House of Representatives declares John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
- 1839 - In the Southern Ocean, British whaling captain John Balleny discovers Sturge Island, part of the group of islands now known as the Balleny Islands. His companion Thomas Freeman sets foot on the island.
- 1849 - The New Roman Republic is created.
- 1861 – Jefferson Davis is chosen to become President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1870 - US President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress, creating the US Weather Bureau.
- 1889 - US President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a cabinet-level agency.
- 1895 - William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which later becomes better known as Volleyball.
- 1900 – Dwight Filley Davis founds the Davis Cup tennis tournament, which has been named after him.
- 1904 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Port Arthur ends.
- 1913 - A group of meteors can be seen in the Eastern parts of North America and South America.
- 1920 - Under the Svalbard Treaty, Norway's governing of the Svalbard archipelago is recognized.
- 1922 – Brazil joins the Berne Convention Copyright Treaty.
- 1934 - The Balkan Entente is formed.
- 1942 – Year-round Daylight Saving Time is re-introduced in the United States.
- 1943 – World War II: The Allies declare the island of Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces.
- 1950 – Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
- 1951 - Korean War: Geochang massacre.
- 1959 - R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operation in Plesetsk, northern Russia, Soviet Union.
- 1964 – The Beatles appear on the US TV show, the Ed Sullivan Show.
- 1964 – The Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, end.
- 1965 – The first US combat troops are sent to Vietnam.
- 1969 – First test flight of a Boeing 747
- 1971 – Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
- 1971 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes the San Fernando Valley in California, killing 65 people.
- 1975 – The Soviet Soyuz 17 spacecraft returns to Earth.
- 1983 – Prize-winning racehorse Shergar is kidnapped in Ireland and is never seen again.
- 1986 – Comet Halley passes through Perihelion. It will not do so again until 2061.
- 1991 – Lithuania votes for independence.
- 1995 – On the Space Shuttle, Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton respectively to perform a space walk.
- 1996 – The IRA declares an end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a bomb in London's docklands.
- 2001 - American submarine US Greenville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School, killing 9 crew members.
