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What happend on 9. February in History
In our data base we found 322 events happened on 9. February:
• 474: Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. [category: Events]
• 967: Sayf al-Dawla, Emir of Aleppo (b. 916) [category: Deaths]
• 1011: Bernard I, Duke of Saxony [category: Deaths]
• 1199: Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147) [category: Deaths]
• 1450: Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421) [category: Deaths]
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• 1533: Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611) [category: Births]
• 1555: John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester & Worcester (burned at the stake) (b. ca. 1495/1500) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. [category: Events]
• 1588: Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral. [category: Deaths]
• 1619: Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. [category: Events]
• 1645: Johann Aegidius Bach, German violist (d. 1716) [category: Births]
• 1666: George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737) [category: Births]
• 1675: Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1709: François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664) [category: Deaths]
• 1711: Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander in the Royal Spanish Navy (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1737: Thomas Paine, English radical liberal philosopher, American revolutionary (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1741: Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-born composer (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1747: John Thomas Duckworth, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1817) [category: Births]
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• 1748: Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1751: Antoine Bullant, Czech musician (bassoon player) and opera composer (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1751: Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1756: Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785) [category: Births]
• 1763: Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1769: Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802) [category: Births]
• 1773: William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1775: Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion. [category: Events]
• 1777: Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1782: Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Lebanese orientalist (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1783: Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1788: The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp. [category: Events]
• 1789: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1792: Thomas Cooke, Canadian Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1800: Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1803: Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1825: After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1830: Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1834: Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1839: Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1846: Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1846: Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1849: New Roman Republic established [category: Events]
• 1857: Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama. [category: Events]
• 1865: Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1865: Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1867: Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist. (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1870: President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau. [category: Events]
• 1871: Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1874: Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1874: Jules Michelet, French historian (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1881: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Jules Berry, French actor (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1885: Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1889: President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency. [category: Events]
• 1891: Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1891: Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1893: Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1895: Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1895: William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball. [category: Events]
• 1897: Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1900: The Davis Cup competition is established. [category: Events]
• 1901: Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1901: James Murray, American actor (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1902: Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1904: Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. [category: Events]
• 1906: André Kostolany, Hungarian stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1906: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Donald Coxeter, British-born Canadian geometer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1909: Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1909: Dean Rusk, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1909: Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1909: Heather Angel, British actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1910: Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1911: William Darby, American World War II Army officer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1912: Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1912: Ginette Leclerc, French actress (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1914: Bill Justice, American Disney animator (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1914: Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1915: Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1916: Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1919: John Abramovic, American basketball player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized. [category: Events]
• 1922: Jim Laker, English cricketer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1922: Kathryn Grayson, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1922: Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. [category: Events]
• 1923: Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1925: Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1925: John B. Cobb, American theologian [category: Births]
• 1926: Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Richard A. Long, American historian and author (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1928: Frank Frazetta, American illustrator (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1928: Roger Mudd, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1929: Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1929: Danny Malloy (Boxer), Scottish boxer and footballer [category: Births]
• 1930: Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1930: Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician and captain, founder of Hurtigruten (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Josef Masopust, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1931: Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1932: Gerhard Richter, German painter [category: Births]
• 1932: Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1932: A.K. Golam Jilani, a Bangladeshi who was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement. (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1934: George Showell, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1934: John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner [category: Births]
• 1934: The Balkan Entente is formed. [category: Events]
• 1935: Lionel Fanthorpe, British pastor, entertainer, journalist, writer and paranormal investigator [category: Births]
• 1936: Clive Swift, British actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer [category: Births]
• 1937: Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1939: Barry Mann, American singer [category: Births]
• 1939: Janet Suzman, South African actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Tadahiro Matsushita, Japanese politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1940: Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows) [category: Births]
• 1940: J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1941: Sheila Kuehl, American actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Carole King, American singer [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. [category: Events]
• 1942: Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. [category: Events]
• 1943: Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1943: Joe Pesci, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speedskater [category: Births]
• 1943: Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. [category: Events]
• 1944: Alice Walker, American writer [category: Births]
• 1944: Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality [category: Births]
• 1945: Gérard Lenorman, French singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Mia Farrow, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1946: Eamon Duffy, Irish academic, Cambridge University [category: Births]
• 1946: Jim Webb, American politician, senior senator of Virginia [category: Births]
• 1946: Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Vince Papale, American football player [category: Births]
• 1947: Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor [category: Births]
• 1947: Joe Ely, American musician (The Flatlanders) [category: Births]
• 1947: Major Harris, American singer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1947: Michel Lamarche, Canadian professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1947: Reinhard Adler, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Judith Light, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Richard F. Colburn, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. [category: Events]
• 1951: Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Korean War: Geochang massacre [category: Events]
• 1952: Danny White, American football player [category: Births]
• 1953: Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Father Ezechiele Ramin MCCJ, Italian Comboni missionary priest and martyr (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1953: Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer [category: Births]
• 1954: Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1954: Kevin Warwick, British cybernetics scientist [category: Births]
• 1954: Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor [category: Births]
• 1954: Omar Belhouchet, Algerian journalist [category: Births]
• 1955: Charles Shaughnessy, British actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Jim J. Bullock, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Mookie Wilson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1957: Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager [category: Births]
• 1957: Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1958: Cyrille Regis, English former footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: Antonis Manikas, Greek football manager and former footballer [category: Births]
• 1959: The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. [category: Events]
• 1960: David Bateson, South African actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) [category: Births]
• 1960: Peggy Whitson, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1960: Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: John Kruk, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens) [category: Births]
• 1963: Brian Greene, American physicist [category: Births]
• 1963: Travis Tritt, American singer [category: Births]
• 1964: The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers. [category: Events]
• 1965: Darren Dalton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Dieter Baumann, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1965: Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater [category: Births]
• 1965: Julie Warner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1966: Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete [category: Births]
• 1966: Harald Eia, Norwegian TV personality and comedian [category: Births]
• 1966: Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Todd Pratt, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Derek Strong, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Rahul Roy, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Ian Eagle, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1969: Jimmy Smith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1969: Tom Scharpling, American radio-host [category: Births]
• 1969: George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: First test flight of the Boeing 747. [category: Events]
• 1970: Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Krister Linder, Swedish musician (Dive) [category: Births]
• 1971: Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Sharon Case, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing. [category: Events]
• 1971: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. [category: Events]
• 1971: The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California. [category: Events]
• 1972: Crispin Freeman, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Jason Winston George, American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Norbert Rózsa, Hungarian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1973: Colin Egglesfield, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Shaun Parkes, English actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Svetlana Boginskaya, Belorussian/Soviet gymnast [category: Births]
• 1973: Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India. [category: Events]
• 1974: Amber Valletta, American model [category: Births]
• 1974: Brad Maynard, American football player [category: Births]
• 1974: Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress and beauty queen [category: Births]
• 1974: John Wallace, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Clinton Grybas, Australian football commentator (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1975: Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1975: Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete [category: Births]
• 1975: Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Pierre Dac, French humorist (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. [category: Events]
• 1976: Charlie Day, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: A. J. Buckley, Irish-born Canadian television and film actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1978: Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Warren King, American cartoonist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: David Gray, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1979: Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1979: Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Margarita Levieva, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Shelly Martinez, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter [category: Births]
• 1981: Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver [category: Births]
• 1981: The Rev, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1981: Tom Hiddleston, English actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: M. C. Chagla, renowned Indian jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Chris Weale, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Domingo Cisma González, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jameer Nelson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Han Geng, Chinese singer and dancer (Super Junior) [category: Births]
• 1984: Logan Bartholomew, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Maurice Ager, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: David Gallagher, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Rachel Melvin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan [category: Births]
• 1987: Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete [category: Births]
• 1987: Michael B. Jordan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Polona Reberšak, Slovenian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Rose Leslie, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: Gia Farrell, American singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player [category: Births]
• 1989: Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Camille Winbush, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Tyson Houseman, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1991: James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence. [category: Events]
• 1992: Avan Jogia, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks. [category: Events]
• 1996: Jimmy Bennett, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Kelli Berglund, American actress [category: Births]
• 1996: The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18 month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf. [category: Events]
• 1997: Barry Evans, British actor (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Georges Groulx, French Canadian actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Maurice Schumann, French politician and writer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Herbert A. Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School. [category: Events]
• 2002: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Kearns, Inventor of the intermittent wiper (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Sir Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Christopher Hyatt Occultist,Philosopher and Author. (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Scot Halpin, American musician, temporary drummer for The Who (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Eluana Englaro, an Italian woman who lived in a persistent vegetative state for 17 years (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban musician Buena Vista Social Club (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jacques Hétu, Canadian musician, composer and music educator (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Phil Harris, American fisherman from Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anne Catherine Emmerich [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ansbert of Rouen [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Apollonia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Clean Monday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday before Easter. (Eastern Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which People's Sunday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday before Easter. (Malta) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maron (Lebanon) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teilo (Wales) [category: Holidays and observances]