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, 412,944 hours 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
- 474 –Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1788 –The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
- 1870 –President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
- 1889 –President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- 1920 –Under the terms of the Spitsbergen Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
- 1942 –Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
- 1950 –Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
- 1964 –The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
- 1995 –Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
- 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?
- 1934 –John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner
- 1939 –Janet Suzman, South African actress
- 1950 –Richard F. Colburn, American politician
- 1954 –Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
- 1960 –Peggy Whitson, NASA astronaut
- 1965 –Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater
- 1973 –Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
- 1978 –Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
- 1983 –Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
- 1992 –Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
Who died on February 9?
- 1906 –Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
- 1930 –Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician and captain, founder of Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
- 1951 –Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
- 1973 –Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
- 1976 –Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
- 1977 –Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
- 1995 –J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
- 2002 –Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
- 2006 –Sir Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
- 2008 –Scot Halpin, American musician, temporary drummer for The Who (b. 1954)
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