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 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, 28,984,320 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 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.
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February 9 Historical Events
- 1621 –Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- 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 –World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
- 1945 –World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
- 1951 –Geochang massacre: Korean War
- 1959 –The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
- 1991 –Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
- 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?
- 1914 –Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986)
- 1914 –Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1931 –Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
- 1931 –Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
- 1944 –Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality
- 1968 –Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
- 1972 –Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
- 1975 –Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist
- 1984 –Maurice Ager, American basketball player
- 1985 –David Gallagher, American actor
Who died on February 9?
- 1199 –Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
- 1555 –Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510)
- 1675 –Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
- 1803 –Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
- 1881 –Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
- 1906 –Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
- 1969 –George “Gabby” Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
- 1978 –Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
- 2007 –Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- 2007 –Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
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