February 9: In History
Self Reporter
publish : 09 Feb, 2016
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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).
Events
474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
1654 – The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
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.
1849 – New Roman Republic established
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.
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.
1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed.
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.
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: 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.
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: Geochang massacre
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.
1969 – First test flight of the Boeing 747.
1971 – The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
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.
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.
2001 – The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
2009 – First winter ascent of Makalu by Simone Moro and Denis Urubko.
2013 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest Colombia causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 15 people.
Births
1441 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkish poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)
1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (d. 1611)
1645 – Johann Aegidius Bach, German viola player (d. 1716)
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-born American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
1741 – Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
1747 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)
1751 – Antoine Bullant, Czech bassoon player and composer (d. 1821)
1756 – Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech organist and composer (d. 1785)
1763 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
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, Romanian-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)
1792 – Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1870)
1800 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
1814 – Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
1834 – Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)
1839 – Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)
1846 – Wilhelm Maybach, German 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)
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)
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 Haring, American historian (d. 1960)
1887 – Toivo Aro, Finnish diver (d. 1962)
1889 – Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)
1891 – Ronald Colman, English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1958)
1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress and singer (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 (d. 1927)
1901 – Brian Donlevy, Irish-born American actor and producer (d. 1972)
1901 – James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
1902 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German activist (d. 1999)
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 – Harald Genzmer, German composer and academic (d. 2007)
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 – Bill Justice, American animator and director (d. 2011)
1914 – Chic Murray, Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1984)
1914 – Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
1914 – Bill Veeck, American businessman (d. 1986)
1915 – Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
1916 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1917 – Moon Mullen, American baseball and basketball player (d. 2013)
1920 – Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
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)
1923 – Brendan Behan, Irish activist, poet, and playwright (d. 1964)
1923 – Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (d. 2014)
1925 – John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
1925 – 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 playwright and author (d. 1989)
1931 – Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1931 – Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter
1932 – Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager
1932 – Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer
1933 – Loris Azzaro, Tunisian-French fashion designer (d. 2003)
1934 – John Ziegler, Jr., American lawyer and businessman
1935 – Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
1936 – Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1936 – Clive Swift, English actor
1936 – Barbara Young, English actress
1937 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1939 – Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1939 – Janet Suzman, South African actress and director
1940 – Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter (The Shadows)
1940 – J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian linguist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, LGBT rights activist and politician
1942 – Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1943 – Barbara Lewis, American singer-songwriter
1943 – Joe Pesci, American actor
1943 – Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host
1944 – Alice Walker, American author and poet
1945 – Mia Farrow, American actress and singer
1946 – Bob Eastwood, American golfer
1946 – Seán Neeson, Northern Irish educator and politician
1946 – 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 diplomat
1947 – Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Flatlanders and Los Super Seven)
1947 – Major Harris, American singer (The Delfonics) (d. 2012)
1948 – Guy Standing, English economist and academic
1949 – Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist
1949 – Judith Light, American actress and producer
1950 – Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician
1952 – Danny White, American football player and sportscaster
1953 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
1953 – Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
1953 – Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
1954 – Omar Belhouchet, Algerian journalist
1954 – Jo Duffy, American author
1954 – Chris Gardner, American businessman, founded Gardner Rich & Co
1954 – Gina Rinehart, Australian businesswoman
1954 – Kevin Warwick, English engineer and academic
1955 – Jerry Beck, American historian and author
1955 – Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer (Sham 69, Sham Pistols, and Day 21)
1955 – Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
1956 – Margaret Gilmore, South African-English journalist
1956 – Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach
1957 – Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia
1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
1958 – Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
1960 – David Bateson, South African-Danish actor
1960 – Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Big in Japan)
1960 – Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
1961 – John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
1962 – Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
1962 – Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1988)
1963 – Brian Greene, American physicist and academic
1963 – Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1964 – Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
1964 – Dewi Morris, English rugby player
1965 – Dieter Baumann, German runner
1965 – Darren Dalton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter (The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths)
1966 – Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1966 – Ellen van Langen, Dutch runner
1966 – Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1968 – Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver
1969 – Tom Scharpling, American comedian and radio host
1969 – Ian Eagle, American sportscaster
1969 – Jimmy Smith, American football player
1970 – Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1970 – Eldbjørg Raknes, Norwegian singer
1971 – Sharon Case, American model and actress
1971 – Matt Gogel, American golfer and sportscaster
1971 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager
1972 – Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
1972 – Crispin Freeman, American voice actor and screenwriter
1972 – Jason Winston George, American actor
1973 – Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast
1973 – Colin Egglesfield, American actor
1973 – Shaun Parkes, English actor
1974 – Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress and singer
1974 – Brad Maynard, American football player
1974 – Amber Valletta, American model and actress
1974 – John Wallace, American basketball player and coach
1975 – Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
1975 – Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
1975 – Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player
1976 – Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – A.J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1979 – Hiroko Anzai, Japanese actress and model
1979 – Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
1979 – Toshiaki Kasuga, Japanese comedian
1979 – Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
1979 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
1980 – Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
1980 – Margarita Levieva, Russian-born American actress and gymnast
1980 – Shelly Martinez, American wrestler and actress
1981 – Joël Camathias, Swiss race car driver
1981 – Rina Chinen, Japanese entertainer, singer, model, and actress
1981 – Tom Hiddleston, English actor
1981 – The Rev, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, and Suburban Legends) (d. 2009)
1981 – Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
1982 – Domingo Cisma González, Spanish footballer
1982 – Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
1982 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Chris Weale, English footballer
1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide, Spanish footballer
1984 – Maurice Ager, American basketball player
1984 – Han Geng, Chinese singer, actor, and dancer (Super Junior and Super Junior-M)
1984 – Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 – David Gallagher, American actor and producer
1986 – Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1987 – Sam Coulson, English guitarist (Asia)
1987 – Michael B. Jordan, American actor
1987 – Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
1988 – Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
1989 – Gia Farrell, American singer-songwriter
1989 – Wu Jia-qing, Taiwanese pool player
1992 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor, singer, dancer, model and martial artist
1993 – Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
1996 – Jimmy Bennett, American actor and musician
1997 – Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player
Deaths
967 – Sayf al-Dawla, Syrian ruler (b. 916)
1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (b. 950)
1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
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)
1619 – Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
1670 – Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1675 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
1752 – Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer (b. 1722)
1777 – Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
1782 – Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, Lebanese orientalist and academic (b. 1710)
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 (b. 1821)
1891 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
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)
1936 – Caroline Furness, American astronomer (b. 1869)
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-American actress and singer (b. 1884)
1969 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
1971 – Arthur Smith, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
1973 – Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek-American actress (b. 1883)
1973 – Max Yasgur, American farmer, owned the site of the Woodstock Festival (b. 1919)
1976 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1977 – Alia al-Hussein, Egyptian wife of Hussein of Jordan (b. 1948)
1977 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
1978 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
1978 – Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer and guitarist (b. 1935)
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 (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
1984 – Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (b. 1914)
1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
1991 – James Cleveland, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Caravans) (b. 1931)
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)
1997 – Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943)
1997 – Georges Groulx, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
1998 – Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
1999 – Bryan Mosley, English actor (b. 1931)
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)
2002 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish opera singer (b. 1937)
2004 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
2005 – Tyrone Davis, American singer (b. 1938)
2005 – Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the windscreen wiper (b. 1927)
2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2006 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)
2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1934)
2008 – Scot Halpin, American drummer (b. 1954)
2008 – Christopher Hyatt American occultist and author (b. 1943)
2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
2009 – Eluana Englaro, Italian medical patient (b. 1970)
2009 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1933)
2010 – Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (b. 1956)
2010 – Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1938)
2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American toymaker, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)
2011 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)
2012 – Adam Adamowicz, American illustrator (b. 1968)
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 (Nero and the Gladiators) (b. 1938)
2012 – Don Panciera, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
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)
2013 – Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (b. 1940)
2014 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2014 – Graham John Hills, Scottish chemist and academic (b. 1926)
2014 – Mauro Pane, Italian race car driver (b. 1963)
2014 – Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)
2015 – Abdul Rauf Aliza, Afghan commander (b. 1981)
2015 – Liu Han, Chinese businessman (b. 1965)
2015 – Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Anne Catherine Emmerich
Ansbert of Rouen
Apollonia
Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire
Maron of Lebanon (Maronite Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Miguel Febres Cordero
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)
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