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February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . 325 days remain until the end of the year (326 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire .[1] 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland .1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake .[2] 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope , the last Pope elected by acclamation .[3] 1654 – The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War .[4] 1775 – American Revolutionary War : The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.[5] 1778 – Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation .[6] 1788 – The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.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 President of the United States.1849 – The new Roman Republic is declared.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 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau .1889 – US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to 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 concludes.1907 – The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).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.1920 – Under 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.1929 – Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin , prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities .[7] 1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed.1941 – World War II : The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa , Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.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 (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.[8]
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: Battle of the Atlantic : HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje , Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.1945 – World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden , Norway.
1950 – Second Red Scare : US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists .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 1959 – The R-7 Semyorka , the first intercontinental ballistic missile , becomes operational at Plesetsk , USSR .1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show , performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.1965 – 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.1971 – The 6.5–6.7 Template:M Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme ), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame .
1971 – Apollo program : Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.1976 – Aeroflot Flight 3739 , a Tupolev Tu-104 , crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport , killing 24.[9] 1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .1986 – Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System .1991 – Voters in Lithuania vote for independence .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.1996 – Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.[10]
2016 – Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria . Twelve people died, and 85 others were injured.2018 – Winter Olympics : Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea .Births [ ] 1060 – Honorius II , pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)1274 – Louis of Toulouse , French bishop (d. 1297)1313 – Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile , Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)1344 – Meinhard III , count of Tyrol (d. 1363)1441 – Ali-Shir Nava'i , Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa , Japanese daimyō (d. 1611)1579 – Johannes Meursius , Dutch classical scholar (d. 1639)[11] 1651 – Procopio Cutò , French entrepreneur (d. 1727)1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney , Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)1711 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla , Spanish sailor and commander (d. 1762)1737 – Thomas Paine , English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)[12] 1741 – Henri-Joseph Rigel , German-French composer (d. 1799)1748 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet , English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)1763 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)[13] 1769 – George W. Campbell , Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1848)1773 – William Henry Harrison , American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)1775 – Farkas Bolyai , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1856)1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix , German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky , Russian poet and translator (d. 1852)1789 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger , German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (d. 1849)1800 – Hyrum Smith , American religious leader (d. 1844)1814 – Samuel J. Tilden , American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)1815 – Federico de Madrazo , Spanish painter (d.1894)1834 – Felix Dahn , German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)1826 – Keʻelikōlani , Hawaiian royal and governor[14] 1837 – José Burgos , Filipino priest and revolutionary (d. 1872)1839 – Silas Adams , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)1846 – Wilhelm Maybach , German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (d. 1929)1846 – Whitaker Wright , English businessman and financier (d. 1904)
1847 – Hugh Price Hughes , Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (d. 1902)1854 – Aletta Jacobs , Dutch physician and suffrage activist (d. 1929)[15] 1856 – Hara Takashi , Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1921)1859 – Akiyama Yoshifuru , Japanese general (d. 1930)1863 – Anthony Hope , English author and playwright (d. 1933)1864 – Miina Härma , Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)1865 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell , English-French actress (d. 1940)1865 – Erich von Drygalski , German geographer and geophysicist (d. 1949)
1867 – Natsume Sōseki , Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)1871 – Howard Taylor Ricketts , American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)1874 – Amy Lowell , American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)1876 – Arthur Edward Moore , New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (d. 1963)1878 – Jack Kirwan , Irish international footballer (d. 1959)[16] 1880 – Lipót Fejér , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)1883 – Jules Berry , French actor and director (d. 1951)1885 – Alban Berg , Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)1885 – Clarence H. Haring , American historian and author (d. 1960)
1889 – Larry Semon , American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)1891 – Ronald Colman , English-American actor (d. 1958)1892 – Peggy Wood , American actress (d. 1978)1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas , Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987)1895 – Hermann Brill , German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (d. 1959)1896 – Alberto Vargas , Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)1897 – Charles Kingsford Smith , Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)1898 – Jūkichi Yagi , Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)1901 – Brian Donlevy , American actor (d. 1972)1901 – James Murray , American actor (d. 1936)
1905 – David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter , English hurdler and politician (d. 1981)1906 – André Kostolany , Hungarian-French economist and journalist (d. 1999)1907 – Trường Chinh , Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (d. 1988)1907 – Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter , English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
1909 – Heather Angel , English-American actress (d. 1986)1909 – Carmen Miranda , Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1955)
1909 – Dean Rusk , American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
1910 – Jacques Monod , French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)1911 – William Orlando Darby , American general (d. 1945)1912 – Futabayama Sadaji , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968)1912 – Ginette Leclerc , French actress (d. 1992)
1914 – Ernest Tubb , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)1916 – Tex Hughson , American baseball player (d. 1993)1918 – Lloyd Noel Ferguson , African American chemist (d. 2011)1920 – Fred Allen , New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2012)1920 – Enrico Schiavetti , Italian football player
1922 – Kathryn Grayson , American actress and soprano (d. 2010)1922 – Jim Laker , English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1986)
1922 – C. P. Krishnan Nair , Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (d. 2014)
1922 – Robert E. Ogren , American zoologist (d. 2005)
1923 – Brendan Behan , Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (d. 1964)1923 – Tonie Nathan , American radio host, producer, and politician (d. 2014)
1925 – John B. Cobb , American philosopher and theologian1925 – Burkhard Heim , German physicist and academic (d. 2001)
1926 – Garret FitzGerald , Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2011)1927 – Richard A. Long , American historian and author (d. 2013)1928 – Frank Frazetta , American painter and illustrator (d. 2010)1928 – Rinus Michels , Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1928 – Roger Mudd , American journalist
1929 – A. R. Antulay , Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)1929 – Clement Meadmore , Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005)
1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong , American evangelist and author (d. 2003)1931 – Thomas Bernhard , Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1989)1931 – Josef Masopust , Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1931 – Robert Morris , American sculptor and painter (d. 2018)
1932 – Tatsuro Hirooka , Japanese baseball player and manager1932 – Gerhard Richter , German painter and photographer
1935 – Lionel Fanthorpe , English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author1936 – Clive Swift , English actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2019)1937 – Clete Boyer , American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)1938 – Ron Logan , Disney theatrical producer and professor1939 – Mahala Andrews , British vertebrae palaeontologist (d. 1997)[17] 1939 – Barry Mann , American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1939 – Janet Suzman , South African-British actress and director
1940 – Brian Bennett , English drummer and songwriter1940 – J. M. Coetzee , South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Kermit Gosnell , American abortionist and serial killer [18] 1941 – Sheila Kuehl , American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician
1942 – Carole King , American singer-songwriter and pianist1943 – Barbara Lewis , American soul/R&B singer-songwriter1943 – Joe Pesci , American actor
1943 – Joseph Stiglitz , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Derryn Hinch , New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician1944 – Alice Walker , American novelist, short story writer, and poet
1945 – Mia Farrow , American actress, activist, and former fashion model1945 – Yoshinori Ohsumi , Japanese cell biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
1945 – Carol Wood , American mathematician and academic
1946 – Bob Eastwood , American golfer1946 – Vince Papale , American football player and sportscaster
1946 – Jim Webb , American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy
1947 – Carla Del Ponte , Swiss lawyer and diplomat1947 – Joe Ely , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Major Harris , American R&B singer (d. 2012)
1947 – Alexis Smirnoff , Canadian-American wrestler and actor (d. 2019)
1948 – Guy Standing , English economist and academic1949 – Bernard Gallacher , Scottish golfer and journalist1949 – Judith Light , American actress
1950 – Richard F. Colburn , American sergeant and politician1951 – David Pomeranz , American singer, musician, and composer1952 – Danny White , American football player and sportscaster1953 – Ciarán Hinds , Irish actor1953 – Ezechiele Ramin , Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
1953 – Gabriel Rotello , American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
1954 – Jo Duffy , American author1954 – Chris Gardner , American businessman and philanthropist
1954 – Kevin Warwick , English cybernetics scientist
1955 – Jerry Beck , American historian and author1955 – Jimmy Pursey , English singer-songwriter and producer
1955 – Charles Shaughnessy , English actor
1956 – Mookie Wilson , American baseball player and coach1957 – Terry McAuliffe , American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia 1957 – Gordon Strachan , Scottish footballer and manager
1958 – Sandy Lyle , Scottish golfer1958 – Chris Nilan , American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
1960 – Holly Johnson , English singer-songwriter and bass player1960 – David Simon , American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer
1960 – Peggy Whitson , American biochemist and astronaut
1961 – John Kruk , American baseball player and sportscaster1962 – Anik Bissonnette , Canadian ballerina1963 – Brian Greene , American physicist1963 – Peter Rowsthorn , Australian comedian and actor
1963 – Travis Tritt , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1964 – Debrah Miceli , Italian-American wrestler and manager1964 – Dewi Morris , English rugby player
1964 – Ernesto Valverde , Spanish footballer and manager
1964 – Alejandro Ávila , Mexican telenovela actor
1964 – Ernesto Valverde , Spanish footballer and manager[19]
1965 – Dieter Baumann , German runner1966 – Harald Eia , Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter1967 – Todd Pratt , American baseball player and coach1967 – Dan Shulman , Canadian sportscaster
1967 – Gaston Browne , Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister
1968 – Alejandra Guzmán , Mexican singer-songwriter and actress[20] 1968 – Derek Strong , American basketball player and race car driver
1968 – Gloria Trevi , Mexican singer and actress[21]
1969 – Jimmy Smith , American football player1970 – Glenn McGrath , Australian cricketer and sportscaster1971 – Matt Gogel , American golfer1971 – Johan Mjällby , Swedish footballer and manager
1972 – Darren Ferguson , Scottish footballer and manager1973 – Svetlana Boginskaya , Belarusian gymnast1973 – Colin Egglesfield , American actor
1973 – Makoto Shinkai , Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
1974 – Jordi Cruyff , Dutch footballer and manager[22] 1974 – Brad Maynard , American football player
1974 – Amber Valletta , American model
1974 – John Wallace , American basketball player and coach
1975 – Kurt Asle Arvesen , Norwegian cyclist and coach1975 – Clinton Grybas , Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
1975 – Vladimir Guerrero , Dominican-American baseball player
1976 – Charlie Day , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1978 – A. J. Buckley , Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter1979 – Akinori Iwamura , Japanese baseball player1979 – Irina Slutskaya , Russian figure skater
1980 – Angelos Charisteas , Greek footballer1980 – Margarita Levieva , Russian-American actress
1980 – Manu Raju , American journalist
1981 – Tom Hiddleston , English actor, producer, and musical performer1981 – Daisuke Sekimoto , Japanese wrestler
1982 – Domingo Cisma , Spanish footballer1982 – Jameer Nelson , American basketball player
1982 – Ami Suzuki , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Chris Weale , English footballer and manager
1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena , Spanish footballer1984 – Maurice Ager , American basketball player, singer, and producer1984 – Shōhōzan Yūya , Japanese sumo wrestler
1985 – David Gallagher , American actor1987 – Sam Coulson , English guitarist1987 – Michael B. Jordan , American actor
1987 – Davide Lanzafame , Italian footballer
1987 – Magdalena Neuner , German biathlete
1988 – Lotte Friis , Danish swimmer1989 – Maxime Dufour-Lapointe , Canadian skier1990 – Tariq Sims , Australian-Fijian rugby league player1991 – Logan Ryan , American football player1992 – Kyle Feldt , Australian rugby league player1992 – Mitchell Frei , Australian rugby league player
1992 – Avan Jogia , Canadian actor
1993 – Niclas Füllkrug , German footballer1995 – André Burakovsky , Swedish ice hockey player1995 – Mario Pašalić , Croatian footballer Deaths [ ] 966 – Ono no Michikaze , Japanese calligrapher (b. 894)967 – Sayf al-Dawla , emir of Aleppo (b. 916)978 – Luitgarde , duchess consort of Normandy 1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony 1014 – Yang Yanzhao , Chinese general1135 – Tai Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 1075)1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo , Japanese shōgun (b. 1147)1251 – Matthias II , duke of Lorraine1407 – William I , margrave of Meissen (b. 1343)1450 – Agnès Sorel , French mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)1555 – John Hooper , English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)1555 – Rowland Taylor , English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
1588 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz , Spanish admiral (b. 1526)1600 – John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1542)1619 – Lucilio Vanini , Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)1640 – Murad IV , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)1670 – Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)1675 – Gerrit Dou , Dutch painter (b. 1613)1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)1777 – Seth Pomeroy , American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)1803 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert , French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)1857 – Dionysios Solomos , Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)1874 – Jules Michelet , French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)1891 – Johan Jongkind , Dutch painter (b. 1819)1903 – Charles Gavan Duffy , Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar , American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)1928 – William Gillies , Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)1930 – Richard With , Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)1932 – Junnosuke Inoue , Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)1932 – A.K. Golam Jilani , Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
1945 – Ella D. Barrier , American educator (b. 1852)1950 – Ted Theodore , Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)1951 – Eddy Duchin , American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)1957 – Miklós Horthy , Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)1960 – Alexandre Benois , Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)1960 – Ernő Dohnányi , Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
1965 – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah , Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)1966 – Sophie Tucker , Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)1969 – George "Gabby" Hayes , American actor and singer (b. 1885)1976 – Percy Faith , Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)1977 – Sergey Ilyushin , Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)1978 – Costante Girardengo , Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)1979 – Allen Tate , American poet and academic (b. 1899)1980 – Tom Macdonald , Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)1981 – M. C. Chagla , Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)1981 – Bill Haley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
1984 – Yuri Andropov , Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)1989 – Osamu Tezuka , Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)1994 – Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)1995 – J. William Fulbright , American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)1995 – David Wayne , American actor (b. 1914)
1998 – Maurice Schumann , French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)2001 – Herbert A. Simon , American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)2002 – Isabelle Holland , Swiss-American author (b. 1920)2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
2003 – Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda , Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926)2004 – Claude Ryan , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)2005 – Robert Kearns , American engineer, invented the windscreen wiper (b. 1927)2006 – Freddie Laker , English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)2007 – Hank Bauer , American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)2007 – Ian Richardson , Scottish actor (b. 1934)
2008 – Christopher Hyatt , American occultist and author (b. 1943)2008 – Carm Lino Spiteri , Maltese architect and politician (b. 1932)[23]
2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai , Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
2009 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López , Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933)2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison , American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)2011 – Miltiadis Evert , Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)2012 – O. P. Dutta , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)2012 – John Hick , English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Joe Moretti , Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (b. 1938)
2013 – Richard Artschwager , American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)2013 – Keiko Fukuda , Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
2013 – Jimmy Smyth , Irish hurler (b. 1931)
2014 – Gabriel Axel , Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)2014 – Hal Herring , American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2014 – Logan Scott-Bowden , English general (b. 1920)
2015 – Liu Han , Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965)2015 – Ed Sabol , American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
2016 – Sushil Koirala , Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)2016 – Zdravko Tolimir , Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948)
2017 – André Salvat , French Army colonel (b. 1920)2018 – Reg E. Cathey , American actor of stage, film, and television (b. 1958)2018 – Nebojša Glogovac , Serbian actor (b. 1969) [24]
2018 – Jóhann Jóhannsson , Icelandic composer (b. 1969)
2018 – John Gavin , American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (b. 1931)
2020 – Sergiy Vilkomir , Ukrainian-born computer scientist (b. 1956)Holidays and observances [ ] Christian feast day :
Alto of Altomünster Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Ansbert of Rouen Apollonia Bracchio Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire Maron (Maronite Church )Miguel Febres Cordero Nebridius Sabinus of Canosa Teilo (Wales )February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Clean Monday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of Great Lent. (Eastern Christianity )
Earliest day on which People's Sunday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent. (Malta )
St. Maroun's Day (public holiday in Lebanon )References [ ]
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