# What happened on February 9 in history?

**Date:** February 9  
**Events recorded:** 55  
**Years spanned:** 474 – 2025  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/february/9/

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## Featured Event

**2021** — Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump)

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## Events on this date

- **474** — Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno_(emperor)))
- **1003** — Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boleslaus_III%2C_Duke_of_Bohemia))
- **1098** — A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade))
- **1539** — The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Racecourse))
- **1555** — Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Gloucester))
- **1621** — Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XV))
- **1654** — The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Rocher))
- **1775** — American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1778** — Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island))
- **1822** — Haiti attacks the newly established Dominican Republic on the other side of the island of Hispaniola. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti))
- **1825** — After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as sixth President of the United States in a contingent election. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College))
- **1849** — The new Roman Republic is declared. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic_(1849%E2%80%931850)))
- **1861** — American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1870** — US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant))
- **1889** — US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland))
- **1893** — Verdi's last opera, Falstaff, premieres at La Scala, Milan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi))
- **1895** — William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Morgan))
- **1900** — The Davis Cup competition is established. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Cup))
- **1904** — Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War))
- **1907** — The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_March_(suffragists)))
- **1913** — A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor))
- **1920** — Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Treaty))
- **1922** — Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil))
- **1929** — Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%E1%BB%87t_Nam_Qu%E1%BB%91c_D%C3%A2n_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3ng))
- **1932** — Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition))
- **1934** — The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Pact))
- **1941** — World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1942** — Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time))
- **1943** — World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War))
- **1945** — World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic))
- **1945** — World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II))
- **1950** — Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism))
- **1951** — Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War))
- **1959** — The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-7_Semyorka))
- **1961** — The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_at_the_Cavern_Club))
- **1964** — The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles))
- **1965** — Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1971** — The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_San_Fernando_earthquake))
- **1971** — Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchel_Paige))
- **1971** — Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program))
- **1975** — The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_17))
- **1976** — Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_3739_(1976)))
- **1978** — The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Company))
- **1982** — Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_Flight_350))
- **1986** — Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley's_Comet))
- **1987** — Civil unrest broke out across Palestine. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1987_Palestinian_unrest))
- **1991** — Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union))
- **1996** — The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army))
- **1996** — Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicium))
- **2001** — The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehime_Maru_and_USS_Greeneville_collision))
- **2016** — Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Aibling_rail_accident))
- **2018** — Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics))
- **2020** — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayib_Bukele))
- **2021** — Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump))
- **2025** — The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states))

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## Notable births on February 9

- **2007** — **Ryan Williams** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Coleman-Williams))
- **2003** — **Cooper DeJean** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_DeJean))
- **2002** — **Jalen Green** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Green))
- **2001** — **Dylan Cozens** — Canadian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Cozens))
- **1998** — **Cem Bölükbaşı** — Turkish racing driver and former sim racer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_B%C3%B6l%C3%BCkba%C5%9F%C4%B1))
- **1998** — **Isabella Gomez** — Colombian-American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Gomez))
- **1997** — **Jaire Alexander** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaire_Alexander))
- **1997** — **Saquon Barkley** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saquon_Barkley))
- **1997** — **Valentini Grammatikopoulou** — Greek tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentini_Grammatikopoulou))
- **1996** — **Jimmy Bennett** — American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Bennett))

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## Notable deaths on February 9

- **2025** — **Tom Robbins** — American writer (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Robbins))
- **2022** — **Johnny Raper** — Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Raper))
- **2021** — **Chick Corea** — American jazz composer (born 1941) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Corea))
- **2018** — **Reg E. Cathey** — American actor of stage, film, and television (born 1958) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_E._Cathey))
- **2018** — **Jóhann Jóhannsson** — Icelandic composer (born 1969) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hann_J%C3%B3hannsson))
- **2018** — **John Gavin** — American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (born 1931) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gavin))
- **2017** — **André Salvat** — French Army colonel (born 1920) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Salvat))
- **2016** — **Sushil Koirala** — Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushil_Koirala))
- **2016** — **Zdravko Tolimir** — Bosnian Serb military commander (born 1948) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdravko_Tolimir))
- **2015** — **Liu Han** — Chinese businessman and philanthropist (born 1965) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Han))

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