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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 receives 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
is established.
1885
– The first
Japanese
government-approved immigrants arrive in
Hawaii
.
1889
– The
United States Department of Agriculture
is established as a
Cabinet
-level agency.
1895
–
William G.
Morgan
creates a game called
Mintonette
, which soon comes to be referred to as
volleyball
.
1900
– The
Davis Cup
competition is established.
1904
–
Russo–Japanese War
:
Battle of Port Arthur
1920
– Under the terms of the
Spitsbergen 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 – Year-round
Daylight saving time
is re-instated in the
United States
as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
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.
1950
–
Second Red Scare
:
Senator
Joseph McCarthy
accuses the
United States Department of State
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
is elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in
Orissa
,
India
.
1975
– The
Soyuz 17
Soviet
spacecraft
returns to
Earth
.
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 the
explosion of a large bomb
in
London
's
Canary Wharf
.
2001
– The
American
submarine accidentally strikes and sinks the
Ehime-Maru
, a
Japanese
training vessel operated by the
Uwajima Fishery High School
.
Births
1533
–
Shimazu Yoshihisa
, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
1645
–
Johann Aegidius Bach
, German violist (d. 1716)
1666
–
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney
, British soldier (d. 1737)
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, geophysicist, and polar scientist (d. 1949)
1867
–
Natsume Sōseki
, Japanese novelist. (d. 1916)
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
–
Tommy Treichel
, American wrestler (d. 1936)
1892 –
Peggy Wood
, American actress (d. 1978)
1893
–
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
, Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister (d. 1987)
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 –
Harald Genzmer
, German composer (d. 2007)
1909 –
Carmen Miranda
, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
1909 –
Dean Rusk
, 54th
United States Secretary of State
(d. 1994)
1910
–
Jacques Monod
, French biochemist,
Nobel laureate
(d. 1976)
1911
–
William Darby
, American
World War II
Army officer (d. 1945)
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,
Nobel laureate
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,
Nobel laureate
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
1947 –
Michel Lamarche
, Canadian professional wrestler
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
)
1960 –
Peggy Whitson
, NASA astronaut
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
–
Harald Eia
, Norwegian TV – comedian
1966 –
Ellen van Langen
, Dutch athlete
1967
–
Todd Pratt
, American baseball player
1968
–
Alejandra Guzmán
, Mexican singer
1968 –
Rahul Roy
, Indian actor
1969
–
Ian Eagle
, American sportscaster
1969 –
Jimmy Smith
, American football player
1970
–
Glenn McGrath
, Australian cricketer
1971
–
Sharon Case
, American actress
1971 –
Johan Mjällby
, Swedish footballer
1972
–
Darren Ferguson
, Scottish footballer
1972 –
Crispin Freeman
, American voice actor
1972 –
Jason Winston George
, American actor
1973
–
Svetlana Boginskaya
, Soviet gymnast
1973 –
Colin Egglesfield
, American actor
1974
–
Brad Maynard
, National Football League punter
1974 –
Amber Valletta
, American model
1974 –
Erra Fazira
, Malaysian actress & Beauty Queen
1974 –
John Wallace
, American basketball player
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
1979
–
David Gray
, English snooker player
1979 –
Akinori Iwamura
, Japanese baseball player
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
–
Jameer Nelson
, American basketball player
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
1985 –
Rachel Melvin
, American actress
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
1992
–
Avan Jogia
, Canadian actor
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)
1675
–
Gerhard Douw
, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
1709
–
François Louis, Prince of Conti
, French general (b. 1664)
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
, Lebanese 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)
1930
–
Richard With
, Norwegian businessman, politician and captain, founder of
Hurtigruten
(b. 1846)
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, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
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,
Nobel laureate
(b. 1900)
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,
Nobel laureate
(b. 1934)
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,
Nobel laureate
(b. 1916)
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)
2005
–
Tyrone Davis
, American soul singer (b. 1938)
2005
–
Robert Kearns
, Inventor of the intermittent wiper (b. 1927)
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. (b. 1943)
2008 –
Jazeh Tabatabai
, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931)
2008 –
Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal
, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen,
Tibetan Buddhist
lama of the
Nyingma
school (b. 1930)
2008 –
Scott Halpin
, American musician, temporary drummer for (
The Who
) (b. 1954)
2009
–
Eluana Englaro
, an
Italian
woman who lived in a
persistent vegetative state
for 17 years (b. 1970)
Holidays and observances
Saint Ansbert of Rouen
Saint Maron
's Day –
Lebanon
Saint Apollonia
, patron saint of
dentists
and
dental technicians
Saint Teilo
's Day –
Wales
February 9
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