Famous birthdays, deaths and events of February 9
Birthdays
- 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
- 1645 - Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)
- 1666 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
- 1748 - Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
- 1756 - Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
- 1763 - Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
- 1769 - Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)
- 1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
- 1775 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856)
- 1781 - Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)
- 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
- 1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
- 1800 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
- 1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
- 1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
- 1834 - Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912)
- 1839 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
- 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
- 1846 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
- 1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer
- 1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
- 1880 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
- 1885 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
- 1891 - Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958)
- 1892 - Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
- 1892 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (d. 1936)
- 1895 - Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959)
- 1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)
- 1901 - Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972)
- 1901 - James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
- 1902 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999)
- 1906 - André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
- 1909 - Heather Angel, British actress (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
- 1909 - Dean Rusk, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. 2007)
- 1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist
- 1911 - William Darby, American World War II Army officer (d. 1945)
- 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (d. 1970)
- 1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1914 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986)
- 1915 - Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1916 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress
- 1922 - Jim Laker, English cricketer (d. 1986)
- 1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
- 1925 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
- 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
- 1928 - Frank Frazetta, American illustrator
- 1928 - Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
- 1928 - Roger Mudd, American journalist
- 1929 - Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d.2005)
- 1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003)
- 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
- 1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
- 1932 - Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player
- 1932 - Gerhard Richter, German painter
- 1933 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (d. 2003)
- 1934 - John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner
- 1936 - Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer
- 1936 - Clive Swift, British actor
- 1937 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. 2007)
- 1939 - Barry Mann, American singer
- 1939 - Janet Suzman, South African actress
- 1940 - Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows)
- 1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African author
- 1941 - Sheila Kuehl, American actress
- 1942 - Carole King, American singer
- 1943 - Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter
- 1943 - Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speedskater
- 1943 - Joe Pesci, American actor
- 1943 - Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist
- 1944 - Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality
- 1944 - Alice Walker, American writer
- 1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress
- 1945 - Gérard Lenorman, French singer
- 1946 - Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician
- 1946 - Vince Papale, American football player
- 1946 - Jim Webb, United States Senator from Virginia
- 1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
- 1947 - Joe Ely, American musician
- 1947 - Major Harris, American singer
- 1949 - Judith Light, American actress
- 1950 - Richard F. Colburn, American politician
- 1952 - Danny White, American football player
- 1952 - Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
- 1953 - Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
- 1953 - Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer
- 1954 - Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor
- 1954 - Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
- 1954 - Kevin Warwick, Cyborg Scientist
- 1955 - Jim J. Bullock, American actor
- 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
- 1957 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager
- 1958 - Chris Nilan, National Hockey League player
- 1958 - Cyrille Regis, English former footballer
- 1960 - Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
- 1961 - John Kruk, American baseball player
- 1961 - Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
- 1962 - Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)
- 1963 - Brian Greene, American physicist
- 1963 - Travis Tritt, American singer
- 1965 - Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater
- 1965 - Julie Warner, American actress
- 1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
- 1966 - Harald Eia, Norwegian TV
- 1967 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player
- 1968 - Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
- 1968 - Rahul Roy, Indian actor
- 1969 - Jimmy Smith, American football player
- 1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
- 1971 - Sharon Case, American actress
- 1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
- 1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
- 1972 - Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
- 1972 - Jason Winston George, American actor
- 1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
- 1974 - Brad Maynard, National Football League punter
- 1973 - Colin Egglesfield, American actor
- 1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
- 1975 - Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
- 1975 - Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. 2008)
- 1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
- 1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
- 1976 - Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
- 1978 - Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
- 1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
- 1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
- 1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball pitcher
- 1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
- 1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
- 1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
- 1980 - Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
- 1981 - Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
- 1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
- 1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
- 1983 - Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
- 1984 - Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior
- 1984 - Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
- 1986 - Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
- 1987 - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
- 1987 - Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
- 1989 - Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player
- 1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
- 1990 - Camille Winbush, American actress
- 1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor
Deaths
- 1011 - Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
- 1199 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
- 1450 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
- 1555 - Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510)
- 1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
- 1640 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
- 1675 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
- 1709 - François Louis, Prince of Conti
- 1751 - Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
- 1752 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
- 1777 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)
- 1782 - Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710)
- 1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
- 1857 - Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)
- 1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (b. 1798)
- 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
- 1891 - Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
- 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
- 1940 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
- 1951 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
- 1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
- 1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870)
- 1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist
- 1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
- 1969 - Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
- 1973 - Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
- 1973 - Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919)
- 1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
- 1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
- 1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
- 1978 - Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
- 1979 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist
- 1980 - Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (b. 1900)
- 1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
- 1984 - Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
- 1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
- 1991 - James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
- 1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist
- 1995 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
- 1995 - David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1997 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945)
- 1999 - Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
- 2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist
- 2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom, (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
- 2006 - Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
- 2006 - Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- 2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- 2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- 2008 - Christopher Hyatt Occultist,Philosopher and Author.,
- 2008 - Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter
- 2008 - Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen
- 2008 - Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who.
- 2009 - Jeremy Lusk, 24, American motocross racer, brain injury during event.
- 2009 - Orlando "Cachaito" López, 76, Cuban bassist (Buena Vista Social Club), complications from prostate surgery.
- 2009 - Mel Kaufman, 50, American football player (Washington Redskins).
- 2009 - Neville Hamilton, 48, British footballer.
- 2009 - Eluana Englaro, 38, Italian patient in right to die case, withdrawal of nutrition.
- 2009 - Reg Davies, 79, British footballer.
- 2009 - Kazys Brad?nas, 91, Lithuanian émigré, poet and editor.
Events
- 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1555 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
- 1621 - Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- 1788 - The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
- 1822 - Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic.
- 1825 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
- 1885 - The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii.
- 1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
- 1895 - William G. Morgan modifies Mintonette to volleyball.
- 1900 - Davis Cup competition is established.
- 1904 - Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur
- 1920 - By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
- 1922 - Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1934 - The Balkan Entente is formed.
- 1942 - World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
- 1942 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States.
- 1942 - Allied forces declare Guadalcanal secure, ending the Guadalcanal Campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied forces fighting Imperial Japan in the Pacific 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 - The Battle of the Atlantic the HMS Venturer sinking U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway.
- 1950 - Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
- 1960 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
- 1969 - First test flight of the Boeing 747.
- 1971 - The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
- 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
- 1973 - Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
- 1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
- 1986 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the inner solar system in the 20th century.
- 1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
- 1994 - Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
- 1996 - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by 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.
- 2009 - The 14th Dalai Lama is made an honorary citizen of Rome by Roman Mayor Gianni Alemanno, who pledges his support for the Dalai Lama's campaign for greater Tibetan autonomy. The Chinese government expresses "strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition" on the following day.
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