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, 483,072 hours 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
- 474 –Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 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 –President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
- 1904 –Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
- 1942 –Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
- 1969 –First test flight of the Boeing 747.
- 1971 –The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
- 1995 –Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
- 2001 –The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
- 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?
- 1781 –Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)
- 1942 –Carole King, American singer
- 1952 –Danny White, American football player
- 1955 –Jim J. Bullock, American actor
- 1963 –Travis Tritt, American singer
- 1968 –Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
- 1968 –Derek Strong, American basketball player
- 1976 –Charlie Day, American actor
- 1979 –David Gray, English snooker player
- 1992 –Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
Who died on February 9?
- 1199 –Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
- 1966 –Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
- 1976 –Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
- 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)
- 1997 –Barry Evans, British actor (b. 1943)
- 2008 –Christopher Hyatt Occultist,Philosopher and Author. (b. 1943)
- 2008 –Scot Halpin, American musician, temporary drummer for The Who (b. 1954)
- 2010 –Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor (b. 1920)
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