February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of the year (326 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
NATIONAL TOOTHACHE DAY
NATIONAL TOOTHACHE DAY
1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. He was given sanctuary at Sutton Court, before being sent to the Fleet Prison on 1 September, first on a charge of debt. After Edward VI's legislation on the church was repealed, and Hooper was deprived of his bishopric as a married man in March 1554. He was kept in prison and, after the revival of the heresy acts in December 1554, he was condemned for heresy by Bishop Gardiner and degraded by Bishop Bonner on January 29, 1555. Hooper was sent to Gloucester, where he was burned on 9 February.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
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.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
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.
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 – U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau, now the National Weather Service.
1889 – U.S. 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.
1870 – U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau, now the National Weather Service.
1889 – U.S. 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.
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
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.
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 after 6 months of fighting.
1951 – Korean War: The Geochang massacre. It was a massacre of 719 unarmed citizens conducted by the third battalion of the 9th regiment of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army between February 9, 1951 and February 11, 1951. The general commanding the division was Choe Deok-sin.
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.
1951 – Korean War: The Geochang massacre. It was a massacre of 719 unarmed citizens conducted by the third battalion of the 9th regiment of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army between February 9, 1951 and February 11, 1951. The general commanding the division was Choe Deok-sin.
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 – Leroy Robert "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.
1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
1986 – Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
2016 – Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people died, and 85 people were injured.
2016 – Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people died, and 85 people were injured.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1737 – Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
1773 – William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
1839 – Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)
1874 – Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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