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February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove February 2007 is the second month of the year It began on a Thursday and 28 days later ended on a Wednesday. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English February 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August February 2004 was the second month of 2004 in the Gregorian calendar. February 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - February 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September February 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 325 days remaining until the end of the year (326 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Julius Nepos becomes western Roman Emperor, deposing Glycerius. Flavius Zeno, original name Tarasicodissa or Trascalissaeus, Byzantine Emperor ( Circa
• 1555 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Gloucester (ˈɡlɒstɚ) is a city, district and County town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. John Hooper (c1495-1500 &ndash February 9, 1555) was an English churchman Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester. Execution by burning has a long history as a method of Punishment for Crimes such as Treason, Heresy and Witchcraft
• 1621 - Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. Pope Gregory XV ( January 9 or January 15, 1554 – July 8, 1623) born Alessandro Ludovisi, was pope from 1621 succeeding History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and A papal conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect the Pope (or Bishop of Rome) who is considered by Catholics to be the Successor An acclamation, in its most common sense is a form of Election that does not use a Ballot.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of Great Britain, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons for each session and the list of members of the House The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
• 1788 - The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Habsburg Monarchy (alternatively Habsburg Empire) refers to the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor The Russo–Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved a futile attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to Russia in the course of the previous Russo–Turkish The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
• 1822 - Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all or large parts of the Armed forces of one geopolitical entity aggressively entering territory The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with
• 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. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Electoral College consists of 538 popularly elected representatives who formally select the President and Vice President of the United States. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. John Quincy Adams (July 11 1767 &ndash February 23 1848 was an American diplomat and politician who served as the sixth President of the United States The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
• 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3, 1808 &ndash December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 The Montgomery Convention marked the formal beginning of the Confederate States of America. Montgomery (məntˈgəmɜriː is the Capital, second most populous city and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U
• 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The National Weather Service ( NWS) once known as the Weather Bureau is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• 1885 - The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the
• 1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States Cabinet (usually simplified as "the Cabinet" is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the Executive branch of the Federal government
• 1895 - William G. Morgan modifies Mintonette to volleyball. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William G Morgan (1870-1942 was the inventor of Volleyball, originally called "Mintonette" Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet
• 1900 - Davis Cup competition is established. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's Tennis.
• 1904 - Russo–Japanese War: 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. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September The Battle of Port Arthur (Japanese 旅順港閉塞作戦 Ryojunkō Heisoku Sakusen, February 8-9 1904 was the starting battle of the Russo-Japanese War Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The Treaty concerning Spitsbergen of February 9 1920 declared the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen (now called Svalbard) an overseas Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Svalbard is an Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean north of mainland Europe, about midway between Norway and the North Pole.
• 1922 - Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, is an international agreement governing Copyright Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations.
• 1934 - The Balkan Entente is formed. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Balkan Pact was a Treaty signed by Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Yugoslavia in 1934
• 1942 - World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1942 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States. Daylight saving time ( DST The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1943 - World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. Guadalcanal (local name Isatabu) is a 2510- Square mile (6500- km²) Island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon The Empire of Japan ( {{unicode|Kyūjitai}}: ja 大日本帝國 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国 pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal, was fought between August 7, 1942, and February 9, 1943, in the
• 1945 - The Battle of the Atlantic the HMS Venturer sinking U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous Military campaign of World War II, (though some say it was a series of naval Military campaigns Footnotes
• 1950 - Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. McCarthyism is a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14 1908 – May 2 1957 was an American politician who served as a Republican U Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based
• 1960 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American Academy Award - Golden Globe - Emmy and The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
• 1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea.
• 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6,
• 1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia
• 1969 - First test flight of the Boeing 747. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
• 1971 - The 6. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. 4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as Sylmar earthquake) struck the San Fernando Valley near Sylmar at 60055 a The San Fernando Valley or The Valley is an urbanized Valley located in the north-western section of the city of Los Angeles California, United States California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
• 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige ( July 7, 1906 He appeared in the Major League All-Star Game in both 1952 and 1953. Part of the History of baseball in the United States series The Negro leagues were American professional Baseball leagues
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 1973 - Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Biju Patnaik (1916&ndash1997 was an Indian politicianSon of Lakshminarayan and Ashalata Patnaik Bijayananda Patnaik was born in Cuttack, Orissa ( Pragati Legislature Party, a political grouping in the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state Orissa. Orissa (ଓଡ଼ିଶା is a state located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Crew Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 1986 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the inner solar system in the 20th century. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Halley's Comet, officially designated 1P/Halley and also referred to as Comet Halley after Edmond Halley, is a Comet that can be seen every In Celestial mechanics, an apsis, plural apsides (ˈæpsɨdɪːz is the point of greatest or least distance of the Elliptical orbit of an object from The Sun (Sol is the Star at the center of the Solar System. The Solar System consists of the Sun and those celestial objects bound to it by Gravity. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on
• 1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the
• 1994 - Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Four major peace plans were offered before and during the Bosnian-Herzegovina War, commonly known as the Bosnian War, by European Community (EC and Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan
• 1995 - Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System ( STS) is the United States government's current manned Launch Bernard Anthony Harris Jr (born June 26, 1956 in Temple Texas) is a former NASA Astronaut. Colin Michael Foale, CBE, PhD, (born 6 January 1957) is an Anglo - American Astrophysicist and a NASA African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA) is work done by an Astronaut away from the Earth and outside of a Spacecraft.
• 1996 - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the A ceasefire (or truce) is a temporary stoppage of a War or any Armed conflict, where each side of the conflict agrees The Docklands bombing (also known as the Canary Wharf bombing or South Quay bombing) on February 9, 1996, was one of the most significant London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks
• 2001 - The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Ehime Maru incident Ehime-Maru --> See also Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision On 9 February The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision was a Ship collision between the United States Navy Submarine USS ''Greeneville'' The are the dominant Ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent of these approximately 127 million are residents of Japan Ehime Prefectural Uwajima Fishery High School (宇和島水産高等学校 Ehime Kenritsu Uwajima Suisan Kōtōgakkō) is a Secondary school in Uwajima,

Births

• 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. was a Daimyo of Satsuma Province and the eldest son of Shimazu Takahisa. 1611)
• 1645 - Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. Johann Aegidus Bach (1645&ndash1716 was the father of the Composer Johann Bernhard Bach, and organist and municipal Orchestra director of 1716)
• 1666 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Field Marshal George Douglas-Hamilton 1st Earl of Orkney KT ( February 9, 1666 - January 29, 1737) was a British 1737)
• 1748 - Luther Martin, American patriot (d. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Luther Martin ( February 9, 1748 &ndash July 8, 1826) was a politician and one of United States ' Founding Fathers 1826)
• 1756 - Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Karel Blažej Kopřiva ( Karl Blasius Kopriva) (* February 9 1756 in Citoliby, † May 15 1785) was a Czech organist and 1785)
• 1763 - Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ludwig I (also rendered in English as Louis I) ( August 25 1786 in Strasbourg &ndash February 29, 1868 in Nice 1830)
• 1769 - Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (ˈjoːhan ˈkrɪstiaːn ˈfriːdrɪç 'hœldərliːn in German March 20, 1770 &ndash June 6, 1843 1802)
• 1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (d. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the general and president For his great-great-grandson see William H The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1841)
• 1775 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Farkas Bolyai ( February 9, 1775 - November 20, 1856, also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany was a Hungarian mathematician 1856)
• 1781 - Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Baptist von Spix (February 9 1781 – March 14 1826 was a German naturalist. 1826)
• 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (Василий Андреевич Жуковский ( – April 1852 was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s 1852)
• 1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Franz Xaver Gabelsberger ( February 9 1789 &ndash January 4 1849, both in Munich) was a German inventor of a Shorthand 1849)
• 1800 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. For others named Hyrum Smith see Hyrum Smith (disambiguation Hyrum Smith ( February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844 1844)
• 1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (d. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Samuel Jones Tilden ( February 9, 1814 August 4, 1886) was the Democratic candidate for the U The Governor of New York is the head of the Executive branch of New York 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military 1886)
• 1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Abdülaziz ( Ottoman Turkish: عبد العزيز ( February 9, 1830 June 4 1876) was the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1876)
• 1834 - Felix Dahn, German author (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn ( February 9, 1834 - January 3, 1912) was a German Lawyer, author and Historian 1912)
• 1839 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Silas Adams ( February 9, 1839 - May 5, 1896) was a lawyer and politician from Kentucky. 1896)
• 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Wilhelm Maybach ˈmaibax ( February 9, 1846 &ndash December 29, 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist 1929)
• 1846 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Whitaker Wright ( 9 February 1846 in Stafford, England - 26 January 1904 in London) was an English mining 1904)
• 1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mrs Patrick Campbell ( February 9, 1865 &ndash April 9, 1940) was one of the most successful British stage actresses of her generation 1940)
• 1865 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erich Dagobert von Drygalski ( February 9, 1865 &ndash January 10, 1949) was a German Geographer, Geophysicist 1949)
• 1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Amy Lawrence Lowell ( February 9, 1874 — May 12, 1925) was an American Poet of the Imagist school from Brookline 1925)
• 1880 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Lipót Fejér (or Leopold Fejér) ( February 9, 1880, Pécs – October 15, 1959, Budapest) was a Hungarian 1959)
• 1885 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9 1885 &ndash December 24 1935 was an Austrian Composer. 1935)
• 1891 - Ronald Colman, English actor (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor 1958)
• 1892 - Peggy Wood, American actress (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Peggy Wood ( February 9, 1892 - March 18, 1978) born Mary Margaret Wood, was an Academy Award nominated American 1978)
• 1892 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Vendevi “The Train” Treichel ( February 9 1892 - June 22 1936) was a regionally beloved professional wrestler during the sport’s onset 1936)
• 1895 - Hermann Brill, German politician (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dr Hermann Louis Brill ( February 9 1895 &ndash June 22 1959) was a German politician ( SPD) 1959)
• 1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, AFC (9 February 1897 - 8 November 1935 often called Charles Kingsford Smith or by his nickname Smithy, was a well-known 1935)
• 1901 - Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Brian Donlevy ( February 9 1901 &ndash April 5 1972) was an American Actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s to 1972)
• 1901 - James Murray, American actor (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Murray ( February 9, 1901 – July 11, 1936) was an American movie Actor. 1936)
• 1902 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Gertrud Scholtz-Klink ( February 9, 1902 - March 24, 1999; nee Treusch) was a fervent National Socialist German Workers Party 1999)
• 1906 - André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting André Kostolany ( February 9, 1906 – September 14, 1999) was a world-renowned Stock market expert and Speculator. 1999)
• 1909 - Heather Angel, British actress (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Heather Grace Angel ( February 9 1909 - December 13 1986) was an English actress. 1986)
• 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Carmen Miranda, pron. 'kaɾme͂j mi'rɐ͂dɐ (February 9 1909 – August 5 1955 birth name Maria do Carmo 1955)
• 1909 - Dean Rusk, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) David Dean Rusk ( February 9, 1909 &ndash December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs 1994)
• 1909 - Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Harald Genzmer ( February 9, 1909 &ndash December 16, 2007) was a German composer of Contemporary classical music. 2007)
• 1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting See also Jacques-Louis Monod, French-born composer and cousin of Jacques Monod The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1976)
• 1911 - William Darby, American WWII Army officer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including 1945)
• 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gypsy Rose Lee (also known as Rose Louise Hovick and Louise Hovick) (born January 8 1911 &ndash April 26 1970) was 1970)
• 1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernest Dale Tubb ( February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984) nicknamed the "Texas Troubadour" was an American Singer 1984)
• 1914 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) William Louis Veeck Jr (ˈvɛk rhymes with "wreck" February 9 1914 &ndash January 2 1986) also known as " Sport Shirt 1986)
• 1915 - Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lennard Pearce (born 9 February 1915 in London - died 15 December 1984 in London) was an English actor who mostly worked in theatre 1984)
• 1916 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Cecil Carlton Hughson, ( February 9, 1916 - August 6, 1993) was a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher who played 1993)
• 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress
• 1922 - Jim Laker, English cricketer (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Kathryn Grayson (born February 9, 1922) is an American actress Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. James Charles Laker ( February 9 1922 &ndash April 23 1986) was a Cricketer who played for England in the 1950s most famous 1986)
• 1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brendan Francis Behan (ˈbiːən) (Breandán Ó Beacháin ( February 9, 1923 – March 20, 1964) was an Irish poet short story 1964)
• 1925 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Burkhard Heim ( February 9 1925 - January 14 2001) was a German theoretical physicist. 2001)
• 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
• 1928 - Frank Frazetta, American illustrator
• 1928 - Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Garret FitzGerald (Gearóid Mac Gearailt born 9 February 1926 was the seventh Taoiseach of Ireland, serving two terms in office (July 1981 to February 1982 December The Taoiseach (ˈtiːʃəx in English t̪ˠiːʃʲəx (plural Taoisigh ( or) in Irish) also referred to as An Taoiseach ( t̪ˠiːʃʲəx is the the Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Frazetta (born February 9, 1928) is an American fantasy and Science fiction Artist, noted for his Buck Rogers Marinus (" Rinus " Jacobus Hendricus Michels ( 9 February 1928 &ndash 3 March 2005) was a Dutch 2005)
• 1928 - Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 1929 - Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Mudd (born February 9, 1928, Washington DC) is an Emmy Award -winning U Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clement Meadmore ( February 9, 1929 - April 19, 2005) was an Australian-American sculptor known for massive outdoor steel Sculptures 2005)
• 1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Garner Ted Armstrong ( February 9, 1930 - September 15, 2003) was an American evangelist and the son of Herbert W 2003)
• 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas Bernhard (born Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard, February 9, 1931 - February 12, 1989) was an Austrian Playwright 1989)
• 1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
• 1932 - Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player
• 1932 - Gerhard Richter, German painter
• 1933 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Josef Masopust (born February 9, 1931 in Most) is a Czechoslovakian former football player and coach Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Tatsuro Hirooka (広岡 達朗 born February 9, 1932 in Kure Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball player Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932) is a German Artist Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Loris Azzaro ( February 9, 1933 - November 20, 2003) was a French Fashion designer. 2003)
• 1934 - John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner
• 1936 - Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer
• 1936 - Clive Swift, British actor
• 1937 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John A Ziegler Jr (born February 9 1934 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) is a former President of the NHL. The National Hockey League commissioner is the highest-ranking executive officer in the National Hockey League. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors OC (born February 9 1936 is one of Canada 's most prolific and well-known folk singers Clive Walter Swift (born 9 February 1936, Liverpool) is an English Actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Bucket Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cletis Leroy “Clete” Boyer ( February 9, 1937 &ndash June 4, 2007) was a former Major League Baseball player 2007)
• 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, American football player
• 1946 - Jim Webb, United States Senator from Virginia
• 1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
• 1947 - Joe Ely, American musician
• 1947 - Major Harris, American singer
• 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
• 1966 - Harald Eia, Norwegian TV - comedian
• 1967 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player
• 1968 - Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
• 1968 - Rahul Roy, Indian actor
• 1969 - Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
• 1971 - Sharon Case, American actress
• 1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
• 1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
• 1972 - Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• 1972 - Jason Winston George, American actor
• 1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
• 1974 - Brad Maynard, National Football League punter
• 1973 - Colin Egglesfield, American actor
• 1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
• 1975 - Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
• 1975 - Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman, 9 February 1939, Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter, and part of Janet Suzman (born 9 February 1939) is a South African actress and director Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brian Laurence Bennett (born 9 February 1940, in Palmers Green, North London, England) is a Drummer, Pianist The Shadows are an English instrumental and vocal Rock and roll group active from the 1950s to the 2000s The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941 in Tulsa Oklahoma) is an American Politician, and a former child actress. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American Singer, Songwriter, and Pianist. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Lewis (born 9 February 1943, Salem Michigan, near Ann Arbor) is an American Singer and Songwriter whose Erling Martin Jonny Nilsson (born 9 February 1943) is a former speed skater from Sweden. Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Singer Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (born February 9, 1943) is an American Economist and a professor at Columbia University. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Derryn Nigel Hinch (born 9 February 1944) in New Plymouth, New Zealand (now an Australian citizen is an Australian media personality Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9 1944 is an American Author, self-declared Feminist and Womanist - the latter a term she herself Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow, known as Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945) is an American Actress. Gérard Lenorman (born 9 February 1945) is a French Singer. Lenorman was born at the Château de Bénouville, Calvados Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Seán Neeson MLA (born February 9 1946) is a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Vincent Francis Papale (born February 9, 1946 in Glenolden Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football player Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Henry "Jim" Webb Jr (born February 9 1946 is the Junior Senator from Virginia. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Carla Del Ponte (born February 9, 1947 in Lugano, Switzerland) is a former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations International Joe Ely (born February 9 1947 in Amarillo Texas) is an American singer songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on Honky-tonk, country Major Harris (born Major Harris III 9 February 1947, Richmond, Virginia) is an American R&B Singer associated Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Judith Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American Actress. She is best known for her role as Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard F Colburn (born February 9, 1950) is a Republican State Senator for District 37 in Maryland Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wilford Daniel "Danny" White (born February 9, 1952 in Mesa Arizona) is an American football coach in the Arena Football William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson (born February 9 1956) is a former Major League Baseball Center fielder who played with the New Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ciarán Hinds (born 9 February 1953; Anglicised pronunciation in ˈkɪərɔːn ˈhaɪndz is an IFTA award-winning Irish Actor Douglas Gabriel Rotello (born 9 February 1953 is an openly Gay American television documentary writer and producer and the founder of OutWeek Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954 in Milwaukee Wisconsin) is a self-made Millionaire, Entrepreneur, Motivational Kevin Warwick (born 9 February 1954 Coventry, UK is a British scientist and professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Jim J Bullock aka JM J Bullock (born James Jackson Bullock on February 9, 1955) is an American comic actor Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy (born February 9, 1955) is an English Television, Theatre and Film Actor Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) This page is about the footballer and manager Gordon C Strachan was indicted in the Watergate scandal Gordon David Strachan (/strɔn/ Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher John "Chris" Nilan (born February 9, 1958 in Boston Massachusetts) is a former professional Ice hockey player The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Cyrille Regis, MBE (born 9 February 1958) is a French Guianan born English former footballer. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Holly Johnson (born William Johnson; February 9, 1960; name on passport William Holly Johnson) is an English Artist, Frankie Goes to Hollywood ( FGTH) was a UK dance-pop band that were extremely popular in the mid 1980s Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961 in Handley West Virginia) is an American former Major League Baseball player and current Jussi Lampi (born 9 February 1961 in Lappajärvi) is a Finnish musician and long-time actor Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anik Bissonnette (born February 9, 1962, Montreal) is a Canadian Ballet Dancer and principal dancer since 1990 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal is a Canadian Ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brian Greene (born February 9 1963 is a Theoretical physicist and one of the best-known string theorists. James Travis Tritt (born February 9 1963 in Marietta Georgia) is a Grammy award -winning American Country music artist and occasional actor more Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Igor Alekseyevich Malkov (Игорь Алексеевич Малков (born 9 February 1965 in Pervouralsk, Russian SFSR) is a former Juliet Mia "Julie" Warner (born February 9 1965) is an American Actress. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Ellen Gezina Maria van Langen (born February 9, 1966 in Oldenzaal) is a former Dutch Middle distance runner. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Harald Meldal Eia (born 9 February 1966 in Bærum) is a Norwegian Comedian. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Todd Alan Pratt (b February 9, 1967 in Bellevue Nebraska) is a former Major League Baseball Catcher from 1992 - Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal (born February 9 1968 in Mexico City) better known as Alejandra Guzmán, is a Latin Grammy Award Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jimmy Lee Smith (born February 9, 1969 in Detroit Michigan) is a former American football Wide receiver in the National Football Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glenn Donald McGrath AM (pronounced) (born 9 February 1970 in Dubbo New South Wales) nicknamed "Pigeon" is a former Australian cricket player Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Sharon Case (born February 9 1971 in Detroit Michigan) is an Emmy Award -winning American actress. Johan Mjällby (ˈjuːan ˈmjɛlby (born February 9, 1971) is a Swedish former footballer. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Crispin McDougal Freeman (born February 9 1972 in Chicago Illinois) is an American Voice actor best known for his roles as Darren Ferguson (born 9 February 1972) is a professional Scottish football player Jason Winston George (b 9 February 1972, Virginia Beach, Virginia) is an American Actor. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Svetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya (born February 9, 1973 in Minsk) is a Soviet / Belarusian Gymnast. Bradley "Brad" Alan Maynard (born February 9, 1974 in Tipton Indiana) is an American football punter and holder Colin Egglesfield (born February 9, 1973, in Farmington Hills, Michigan) is an American actor and former model Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Amber Evangeline Valletta (born February 9, 1974) is an American model and actress. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Viktor Chistiakov is also the name of a famous Soviet-era parodist. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clinton Andrew Grybas ( February 9, 1975 &ndash January 5, 2008) was a leading Australian rules football and sports radio and 2008)
• 1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
• 1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 - Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
• 1978 - Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
• 1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
• 1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
• 1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball pitcher
• 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, Duke of Saxony
• 1199 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charlie Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American television and film actor best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (born February 9 1976 in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic) (known in his native Dominican Republic as Miquéas (Spanish Georgios Korakakis (born February 9, 1976) is a Greek footballer who plays as a midfielder for Atromitos. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Airton Daré (born February 9, 1978 in Bauru, Brazil) is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. Daniel Mann is a British television football commentator working mainly for Sky Sports. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) David Gray (born 9 February 1979, in Lower Morden, Greater London, England) is an English professional Snooker Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲 born February 9 1979 in Uwajima Ehime, Japan) is a Major League Baseball Infielder for Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya (Ири́на Эдуа́рдовна Слу́цкая pronounced /iˈrinɑ ˈslutskɑæ/ "i-Ree-nah Sloots-kah-yah" (born February 9, Zhang Ziyi (born February 9, 1979, in Beijing) is one of the best-known Golden Globe -nominated Chinese Film Actresses Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Angelos Charisteas (Άγγελος Χαριστέας ˈaɲɟeˌlos xariˈsteˌas (born February 9, 1980 in Strymoniko, Serres) is a Shelly Lenore Martinez (born February 9, 1980) is an Mexican-American model, professional wrestler and valet. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Joël Camathias (born February 9, 1981) is a Swiss race car driver born in Lugano. John Phillip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American who was captured during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan while serving Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) is a female singer songwriter actress and dancer from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide (born 9 February 1983 in Tolosa) is a Spanish Football (soccer striker. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Han Geng (born February 9 1984) better known in Super Junior (슈퍼주니어 often stylized SUPERJUNIOR) sometimes referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주 is a thirteen-member Boy band Dioner Favian Navarro (born February 9, 1984 in Caracas Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball Catcher and Switch-hitter Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) for other people called David/Dave Gallagher see Gallagher David Gallagher (born February 9, 1985) is an American Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Princess Raiyah Bint Al-Hussein (born 9 February 1986) is the youngest daughter of the late King Hussein Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Magdalena "Lena" Neuner (born February 9, 1987, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a German biathlete. Joseph "Joe" O'Cearuill (pronounced O'Carroll born February 9 1987 in Edmonton, London) is a Republic of Ireland football Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Wu Chia-ching ( b February 9 1989 in Taiwan) is a professional pool player Gia Farrell (born Jeannie Bocchicchio on February 9, 1989 in Suffern New York) is an American recording artist signed to Atlantic Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Camille Winbush (born February 9, 1990) is an American Actress. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) James "Jimmy" Bennett (born February 9, 1996) is an American Child actor. Bernard I (c 950&ndash 9 February 1011) was the Duke of Saxony (973&ndash1011 the second of the Billung dynasty a son of Duke Herman was the founder and the first Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. 1147)
• 1450 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. Agnès Sorel (1421 &ndash February 9, 1450) surnamed Dame de beauté, was a mistress of King Charles VII of France. Charles VII (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461 called the Victorious (le Victorieux or the Well-Served (le Bien-Servi was King of France from 1422 1421)
• 1555 - Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. Rowland Taylor ( October 6, 1510 - February 9, 1555) was an English martyr during the Marian Persecutions. 1510)
• 1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. Lucilio Vanini, or as he styled himself in his works Giulio Cesare ( 1585 - February 9, 1619) was an Italian Free-thinker 1585)
• 1640 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. Murad IV ( Ottoman Turkish: مراد رابع Murād-i rābi‘) ( June 16, 1612 February 9, 1640 The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1612)
• 1675 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. Gerard Dou, also known as Gerrit and Douw or Dow ( April 7, 1613 &ndash February 9, 1675) was a Dutch Golden 1613)
• 1709 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. Year 1709 ( MDCCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year François Louis de Bourbon ( April 30 1664 - February 9 1709) was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother Louis Armand I de Bourbon 1664)
• 1751 - Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Henri François d'Aguesseau ( November 27, 1668 – February 5, 1751) was Chancellor of France, illustrious for his virtues learning 1668)
• 1752 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Fredric Hasselquist ( January 3, 1722 &ndash February 9, 1752) was a Swedish traveller and naturalist. 1722)
• 1777 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Seth Pomeroy ( May 20, 1706 &ndash February 9, 1777) was an American Gunsmith and soldier from Northampton Massachusetts 1706)
• 1782 - Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Giuseppe Luigi Assemani (1710 on Mount Lebanon Tripoli – February 9, 1782 in Rome was a Lebanese Orientalist and a Professor of 1710)
• 1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. Year 1710 ( MDCCX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jean François de Saint-Lambert ( December 26, 1716 &ndash February 9, 1803) was a French Poet. 1716)
• 1857 - Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Dionysios Solomos (Greek Διονύσιος Σολωμός ( 1798 - 9 February 1857) was a Greek Poet from Zakynthos. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's 1798)
• 1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jules Michelet ( 21 August 1798 &ndash 9 February 1874) was a French Historian. 1798)
• 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, Dostoievsky, 1821)
• 1891 - Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johan Barthold Jongkind ( June 3, 1819 &ndash February 9, 1891) was a Dutch painter and printmaker regarded 1819)
• 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Paul Laurence Dunbar' ( June 27, 1872 February 9, 1906) was a seminal American Poet of the late 19th and early 20th 1872)
• 1940 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Eugen Bleuler ( April 30, 1857 – July 15, 1939) was a Swiss psychiatrist most notable for his contributions to the 1857)
• 1951 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Eddy Duchin ( April 1 1909 or 10 April 1910 - February 9 1951) was an American popular Pianist and 1910)
• 1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya ( Vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós vitez nɒɟbaɲɒi horti mikloʃ German Nikolaus von Horthy und Nagybánya 1868)
• 1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Бенуа́ ( St 1870)
• 1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Ernő Dohnányi ( July 27 1877 – February 9 1877)
• 1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Sophie Tucker ( January 13, 1884 &ndash February 9, 1966) was a Singer and Comedian, one of the most popular entertainers 1884)
• 1969 - Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Francis 'Gabby' Hayes ( May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969) was an American actor 1885)
• 1973 - Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Vasiliki Maliaros (born October 16, 1883 in Athens, Greece -died February 9, 1973 in The Bronx, New 1883)
• 1973 - Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Max B Yasgur (December 15 1919&mdashFebruary 9 1973 was an American Farmer, best known as the owner of the 1919)
• 1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Percy Faith ( April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) Canadian-born band-leader Orchestrator and Composer, known for his lush 1908)
• 1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (Серге́й Владимирович Илью́шин &ndash February 9, 1977 1894)
• 1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Costante Girardengo ( 18 March, 1893 - 9 February, 1978) was an Italian professional Road bicycle racer, considered by many 1893)
• 1978 - Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Julio Alfredo Jaramillo Laurido, aka JJ (born October 1, 1935, died February 9, 1978) is considered to have been the greatest " 1935)
• 1979 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Dennis Gabor (original Hungarian name Gábor Dénes) FRS, ( June 5, 1900, Budapest &ndash February 9 The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1900)
• 1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 This article is specifically about the singer For detailed information about his rock and roll group see Bill Haley & His Comets. This article is specifically about the rock and roll band See Bill Haley for biographical information regarding Haley himself 1925)
• 1984 - Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov) ( &ndash 9 February 1984 was a Soviet politician 1914)
• 1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) was a Japanese manga artist, Animator, producer and Medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine 1928)
• 1991 - James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Reverend Dr James Cleveland ( December 5, 1931 - February 9, 1991) was a gospel singer arranger composer and most significantly 1931)
• 1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Howard Martin Temin ( December 10, 1934 &ndash February 9, 1994) was a U The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1934)
• 1995 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 James William Fulbright ( April 9, 1905 &ndash February 9, 1995) was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1905)
• 1995 - David Wayne, American actor (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting David Wayne ( January 30 1914 - February 9 1995) was a Tony Award -winning American Actor with a career spanning 1914)
• 1997 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Brian Francis Connolly ( 5 October 1945 – 9 February 1997) was a Scottish rock vocalist, best known as the Sweet (referred to as The Sweet on albums before 1974 and singles before 1975 were a popular 1970s British band. 1945)
• 1999 - Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Bryan Mosley OBE was a British Actor, known best as grocer ' Alf Roberts ' in the long-running ITV Soap opera 1931)
• 2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Herbert Alexander Simon ( June 15, 1916 February 9, 2001) was an American Political scientist whose research ranged The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1916)
• 2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1930)
• 2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vicente Sardinero ( January 12, 1937 - February 9, 2002) was a Spanish operatic Baritone. 1937)
• 2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Claude Ryan, CC ( January 26, 1925 &ndash February 9, 2004) was a 1925)
• 2006 - Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Frederick Alfred Laker ( 6 August, 1922 &ndash 9 February, 2006) was a British Airline Entrepreneur, best 1922)
• 2006 - Nadira, Indian actress (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nadira ( December 5, 1932 &ndash February 9, 2006) born as Irfat  Ezekiel, or possibly as Florence Ezekiel 1932)
• 2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For the football player of the same name see Hank Bauer (football player. 1922)
• 2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ian William Richardson CBE ( 7 April 1934 &ndash 9 February 2007) was a Scottish Actor best known for playing 1934)
• 2008 - Christopher Hyatt Occultist,Philosopher and Author. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Christopher Hyatt ( July 12[[ 943]]&mdash February 9[[ 008]] was an American Occultist, author and founder of the Extreme Individual Institute
• 2008 - Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Jazeh Tabatabai, ( 1931 - February 9 2008) ( was an Iranian Avant-garde painter, Poet, and Sculptor (b. 1931)
• 2008 - Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The eleventh Mindrolling Trichen (pronunciation Mìn-drolling Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal འགྱུར་མེད་ཀུན་བཟང་དབང་རྒྱལ་ Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug) 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Saint Ansbert of Rouen
• Saint Maron's Day - Lebanon
• Saint Apollonia, patron saint of dentists and dental technicians
• February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ansbert of Rouen (died 695 was a Frankish Benedictine abbot bishop and Catholic saint John Maron ( Arabic: يوحنا مارون, d 707 was the first Maronite Patriarch. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Dentistry' is the "evaluation diagnosis prevention and/or treatment (nonsurgical surgical or related procedures of diseases disorders and/or conditions of the oral cavity A dental technician is a member of the dental team who with a written work order produces dental appliances such as a removable prothesis including Dentures and Feb 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Feb 10 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 22 by

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