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 40^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 27, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,739,059,200 seconds 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.

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 373 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 4,433 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 9 Historical Events

• 1775 –
  American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1885 –
  The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 1945 –
  World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic – HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
• 1964 –
  The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
• 1969 –
  First test flight of the Boeing 747.
• 1996 –
  The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18 month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London’s Canary Wharf.
• 2001 –
  The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
• 2005 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 9?

• 1846 –
  Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
• 1885 –
  Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
• 1909 –
  Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. 2007)
• 1931 –
  Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
• 1969 –
  Ian Eagle, American sportscaster
• 1974 –
  Amber Valletta, American model
• 1975 –
  Clinton Grybas, Australian football commentator (d. 2008)
• 1975 –
  Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
• 1980 –
  Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 1984 –
  Han Kyung, Chinese pop artist/Korean singer Super Junior

Who died on February 9?

• 1450 –
  Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
• 1588 –
  Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral.
• 1803 –
  Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
• 1891 –
  Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1906 –
  Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
• 1957 –
  Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
• 1979 –
  Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
• 1991 –
  James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
• 2005 –
  Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (b. 1938)
• 2008 –
  Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931)