Birthdates Which Occur on February 9:
1404 Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor
1441 Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)
1578 Giambattista Andreini Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo)
1579 John Meursius [van Meurs], Dutch historian
1602 Franciscus van de Enden Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza
1607 Abraham Megerle composer
1708 Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer
1735 Adriaan Kluit Dutch historian
1741 Henri-Joseph Rigel composer
1744 Amos Bull composer
1756 Karel Blazej Kopriva composer
1771 Daniel Belknap composer
1772 Frans Mikael Franz‚n Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo)
1773 William Henry Harrison Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841)
1775 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)
1780 Walenty Karol Kratzer composer
1783 Vasili A Zjukovski Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus)
1808 Francesco Gomez da Rocha composer
1814 Samuel Jones Tilden philanthropist for NY Public Library
1822 Charles T Stork Dutch industrialist
1826 John Alexander Logan Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1830 Abdl Aziz Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76)
1834 Franz Xaver Witt composer
1846 Wilhelm Maybach German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
1853 Leander Starr Jameson PM of South African Cape colony
1854 Aletta [Henri‰tte] Jacobs 1st Dutch female physician
1857 Johannes T de Visser theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education
1865 Erich von Drygalski Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl
and Mrs Patrick Campbell England, actress (Sean O'Casey's mistress)
1866 George Ade US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang)
1867 Edward Naylor composer
1871 Franc S Finzgar Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood)
and Howard T Ricketts US pathologist (studied typhus fever)
1874 Amy Lowell US, critic/Imagist poet (Patterns)
and Vsevolod Meyerhold Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan)
1875 Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer
1876 Alo‹s Walgrave Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours)
and Martin Stixrud Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920)
1879 Carl Natanael Berg composer
and Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist
1884 Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician)
1885 Alban Maria Johannes Berg Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!
1887 Henry Zimmerman baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
and Vital Celen Flemish writer (Puppy Love)
1890 Jacobus J P Oud Dutch architect/co-founder (St˜l)
1891 Pietro Nenni Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47)
and Ronald Colman England, 1947 Acad Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities)
1892 Barend ter Haar Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice)
and Peggy Wood Bkln NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama)
1897 Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith pioneer Australian aviator
19-- Alejandra Guzman spanish vocalist
and Charles Shaughnessy London, actor (Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny)
and Darren Dalton actor (Chris-Best Times)
and Jm J Bullock Casper Wyoming, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort)
and Ronnie Claire Edwards Okla City Ok, actress (Corabeth-Waltons)
1901 Brian Donlevy Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)
1902 Blanche Calloway US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy)
and Chester H Lauck Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live)
1903 Georg Trexler composer
1907 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins)
1908 Jackie Fields US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1909 Carmen Miranda Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
and Dean Rusk US Secretary of State (1961-69)
and Harald Genzmer composer
and Heather Angel Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans)
1910 Jacques Monod French biochemist
1913 Leo van der Kar masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
1914 Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck baseball club owner
and Ernest Tubb Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
and Gypsy Rose Lee Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
and Ralph Herman Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
1922 James C "Jim" Laker English cricket bowler
1923 Brendan Behan Ireland, author/poet (Hostage)
and Kathryn Grayson NC, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate)
and Norman E Shumway Mich, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon
1928 Roger Mudd Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
1929 Bill Barrett (Rep-R-Nebraska)
and James Mulcro Drew composer
and Willem Kersters Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song)
1930 Emil Petrovics composer
1931 Xavier Benguerel composer
1934 John A Ziegler Jr Grosse Pointe Mich, 4th NHL pres (1977-92)
1937 Johnny Sayles US vocalist (You made me wriggle)
1939 Janet Suzman S Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
1940 Brian Bennett London, rock drummer (Shadows)
and Smokey Robinson rocker
1942 Carole King [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry)
and Charlie Morrow composer
and Milos Stedron composer
and Peder Lunde Jr Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1943 Barbara Lewis US vocalist (Hello Stranger)
and James King New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
and Joe Pesci Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
and Jonny Nilsson Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
and Squire Fridell Oakland Calif, actor (Rosetti & Ryan)
1944 Alice Walker US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian)
1945 Mia [Maria] Farrow LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
1947 Joe Ely Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade)
and Major Harris US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
1949 Judith Light Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
1950 Andrew N Meltzoff developmental psychologist
and Lloyd Weldon Keasor Pumphrey Md, wrestler (Olympic-silver-1976)
1951 Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration)
and Jay Inslee (Rep-D-Washington)
and Penny Peyser Irvington NY, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing)
1952 Danny White quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
1953 Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg Dutch actor (Hunk)
and Gary Franks (Rep-R-Connecticut)
1954 Ulrich Walter German FR, cosmonaut
1956 Philip Jackson Ford Jr NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
1957 Mohammed Valli Moosa South african UDF-leader
1962 Martin D Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary
1963 Madusa Miceli [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW)
and Travis Tritt Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club)
1964 Rachel Bolan rocker (Skid Row)
1965 Lennox Lewis London England, Super HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1988)
1966 James "Rachel" Bolan Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1972 Norbert Rosza Hungarian swimmer (100m freestyle record)
1973 Amber Valletta Phoenix Az, model (Face)
Deaths Which Occured February 9:
1555 John Hooper deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy
1567 Henry Stuart earl of Darnley , murdered at about 21
1583 Jeseph Sanalbo Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake
1588 Marquis of Santa Cruz Spanish addmiral
1617 Hans Christoph Haiden composer, dies at 44
1640 Murad IV sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad
1670 Frederik III King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
1675 Gerard Dou painter, buried
1751 Henri F D'Aguesseau Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82
1765 Elisabetta de Gambarini composer, dies at 33
1811 Nevill Maskelyne 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies
1812 Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, dies at 57
1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, dies at 54
1824 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich German poet, dies at 49
1849 Corneille Vander Planken composer, dies at 76
1860 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt milt/liberal politician, dies at 63
1874 Jules Michelet French historian (Lesson of R‚volution), dies
1891 Johan B Jongkind Dutch/French painter (Wintergezicht), dies at 71
1906 Paul Laurence Dunbar black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio
1916 Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer, dies at 90
1918 Emiel van der Straeten [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30
1924 Nils Kj'r Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53
1932 Junnosuke Inouye Japanese minister of Finance, murdered
1935 Karl Nef Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
1936 Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57
1943 Reydons Defiance shoots nazi general Reydons spouse to death
1945 George J L Maduro Antillean poet (Dachau, Madurodam), dies
Jan Bakker resistance fighter, executed at 26
1948 Karl Valentin German comic/writer, dies
1949 Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck composer, dies at 61
1957 Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya Hungarian regent (1920-44), dies
1960 Erno Dohnanyi US composer, dies at 82
1961 Grigory Levenfish Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70
1964 Willie Bryant singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55
1966 Sophie Tucker Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 78
1968 Barbara Everest actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77
Frederik M baron van Asbeck lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78
1969 Manuel Plaza Reyes Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68
[George] Gabby Hayes actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83
1973 Max Yasgur owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
1974 Cees de Long conferencier, dies at 60
1975 Constantly Burniaux Belg writer/art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies
1977 Denys Amiel French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
Gaus an orangautan who lived to be 59
Sergei Ilyushin Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82
1978 Kimberly Leach killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12
1980 Antoine Pompe Belgian architect, dies at 106
1981 Bill Haley vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies at 55 of heart attack
1984 Balasaraswathi Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
Yuri Andropov Soviet pres, in power only 15 months, dies at 69
1993 David Willis British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
Kate Wilkinson actress, dies of bone cancer at 76
Nasrullah Mansoor Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
1994 Arnold Smith Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79
Jarmila Novotna Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86
Louis Kaufman US violinist/conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88
1995 David Wayne [Wayne Mcmeekan],, US actor (Dallas), dies
J William Fulbright (Sen-D-Ark)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at 89
Holidays Which Occur February 9:
Religious Observances on February 9:
Lebanon St Maron Day
Methodist Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
RC Alto, founder convent Altomnster
RC Ansbert, archbishop of Rouaan
RC Cyrillus, anti semite/patriarch of Alexandria (412-444)
RC Erik IV "Plovpenning" [ploegpenning), king of Denmark
249 RC Commemoration of St Apollonia, deaconess/martyr
444 Old RC Commem of St Cyril of Alexandria, bp/confessor/doctor
1910 RC Commemoration of St Miguel Febres Cordero, Ecuadoran monk
Things to Remember for February 9:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
10 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
1 Day Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant near î Aurigae
5 Days Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
37 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d v Id Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur February 9:
1267 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
1574 Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1621 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)
1674 English reconquer NY from Netherlands
1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
1801 France & Austrian sign Peace of Lun‚ville
1822 American Indian Society organizes
1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president
1849 Roman Republic declared
1861 Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA
and Tennessee votes against secession
1867 Nebraska becomes 37th US state
1870 Grant signs bill forming Federal Meteorological Service
1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
1877 US weather service forms
1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #222 Lucia
1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1886 Pres Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of
anti-Chinese violence
1891 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
1893 Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
and Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1904 Japan declares war on Russia
1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #558 Carmen
1909 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1912 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #729 Watsonia
and S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #849 Ara
and US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
1913 -18) 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
1916 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #863 Benkoela
1918 Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va
1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
1922 Italian govt of Bonomi forms
and Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms
1924 Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
1925 German Minister Stresemann signs security treaty with France
and Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
1929 USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact
1932 US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY)
1933 -63øF (-53øC), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
1934 -14.3øF (-25.8øC), coldest day in New York City
and -51øF (-46øC), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)
and Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania)
1939 Belgian Spaak govt falls
1940 Joe Louis defends heavyweight boxing title beating Arturo Godov
1941 British troops conquer El Agheila
1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
and Japanese troop land near Makassar, South-Celebes
and Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
1943 FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
and German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp
and Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
1945 -Feb 10] Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila
1948 WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with communists
1953 "Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
and WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
1954 Mario Scelba forms new govt in Italy
1955 US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
1956 -5øF (15øC) in Sicily
and KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
and R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
1960 AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
1963 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
and 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
1964 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
and 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
and GI Joe character created
and NYC news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
1966 Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
1968 Rotterdam metro inaugurated
1969 KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
and World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth
and Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1975 L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #1963 Bezovec
and Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1978 Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City, Fla; later executed
1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
and Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
and Nigeria amends constitution
1980 Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
1981 L Brozek discovers asteroid #2622 Bolzano & #3423
and T Seki discovers asteroid #2396 Kochi & #2621 Goto
1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
and Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
and Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
and Tomb of Tutanchamons found in Egypt
1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1988 Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference 6-5 in NHL All Star Game
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
and Michael Manleys Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
1990 "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
and Doina Melinte runs world record 1500m (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13)
and Galileo flies by Venus
and Namibia's constitution ratified
1991 Johan Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
and US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1992 NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
1971 Quake in the San Fernando Valley kills 26 and causes over
half $billion damage.
Your Special Reminders for February 9:
1934 -15øF lowest temperature for February in NYC
and 1990 63øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 40th day of the year with 325 days left (Numerology = 2)
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