What are the important events that happened on February 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 9 is the 40th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 27, 2017 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,776,640 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 375 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,511 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 9 Historical Events
- 1621 –Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- 1904 –Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
- 1913 –A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
- 1934 –The Balkan Entente is formed.
- 1945 –World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
- 1950 –Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
- 1967 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- 1971 –Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
- 1995 –Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
- 2001 –The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
Who were born on February 9?
- 1748 –Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
- 1789 –Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
- 1925 –Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
- 1931 –Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
- 1935 –Rev. Lionel Fanthorpe, British pastor, entertainer, journalist, writer and paranormal investigator
- 1941 –Sheila Kuehl, American actress
- 1943 –Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter
- 1947 –Reinhard Adler, German footballer
- 1966 –Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
- 1971 –Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
Who died on February 9?
- 1199 –Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
- 1450 –Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
- 1619 –Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
- 1891 –Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
- 1980 –Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (b. 1900)
- 1984 –Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
- 1995 –J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
- 2007 –Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- 2008 –Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931)
- 2008 –Scot Halpin, American musician, temporary drummer for The Who (b. 1954)
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