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

• 1621 –
  Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1900 –
  The Davis Cup competition is established.
• 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.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 1967 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• 1969 –
  First test flight of the Boeing 747.
• 1971 –
  Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
• 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?

• 1830 –
  Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
• 1885 –
  Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
• 1902 –
  Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women’s leader (d. 1999)
• 1906 –
  André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
• 1943 –
  Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter
• 1963 –
  Travis Tritt, American singer
• 1969 –
  Tom Scharpling, American radio-host
• 1975 –
  Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1987 –
  Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
• 1996 –
  Jimmy Bennett, American 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)
• 1960 –
  Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
• 1969 –
  George “Gabby” Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
• 1978 –
  Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
• 1981 –
  Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
• 1997 –
  Barry Evans, British actor (b. 1943)
• 2001 –
  Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
• 2004 –
  Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
• 2008 –
  Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931)