Tukuk-OS📅 February 9
21 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on February 9? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.
Figure skatingYuzuru Hanyu2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
- 2016 — Two commuter trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.
- 2001 — The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.
USS GreenevilleEhime Maru and USS Greeneville collisionEhime Prefectural Uwajima Fisheries High School
- 1996 — Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ResearchDarmstadtCopernicium
- 1996 — Breaking a seventeen-month ceasefire, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a powerful truck bomb in the London Docklands, killing two people and injuring more than a hundred others.
Provisional Irish Republican Army1996 Docklands bombingLondon Docklands
- 1976 — The Australian Defence Force (ensign pictured) was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force.
Australian Defence ForceAustralian ArmyRoyal Australian Navy
- 1975 — The spacecraft and crew of the Soviet Soyuz 17 mission returned to earth after 29 days in orbit at the Salyut 4 station.
- 1971 — An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.
1971 San Fernando earthquakeMoment magnitude scaleSan Fernando Valley
- 1964 — As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles (pictured) made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.
- 1945 — World War II: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førde Fjord, Norway.
- 1943 — World War II: Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ending the Guadalcanal campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War.
- 1942 — The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Kranji as part of their campaign to capture Singapore.
- 1923 — Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia as leader of the country's first Coalition government.
- 1920 — The Svalbard Treaty was signed in Paris, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
- 1913 — A meteor procession was observed along a great circle arc from Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
- 1907 — More than 3,000 women in London participated in the Mud March (pictured), the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.
Mud March (suffragists)National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
- 1861 — Jefferson Davis was named the provisional president of the Confederate States of America.
- 1855 — A series of hoof-like marks in the snow continuing through the countryside for some 40 to 100 miles (60 to 160 km) were discovered in Devon, England.
- 1825 — After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the previous year's presidential election, the United States House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams (pictured) as president in a contingent election.
United States Electoral College1824 United States presidential electionUnited States House of Representatives
- 1799 — Quasi-War: USS Constellation captured the French frigate Insurgente in a single-ship action in the Caribbean Sea.
Quasi-WarUSS Constellation (1797)USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente
- 1234 — Caizhou, the capital of the Jin dynasty, was captured by the Mongol Empire and their Song allies, bringing an end to Jurchen rule.
Births
- 2007 — Ryan Coleman-Williams, American football player
- 2003 — Cooper DeJean, American football player
- 2002 — Jalen Green, American basketball player
- 2001 — Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1998 — Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer
- 1998 — Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actress
- 1997 — Jaire Alexander, American football player
- 1997 — Saquon Barkley, American football player
- 1997 — Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player
- 1996 — Jimmy Bennett, American actor
- 1996 — Kelli Berglund, American actress
- 1996 — Chung Ha, South Korean singer
Deaths
- 2025 — Tom Robbins, American writer (born 1932)
- 2022 — Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1939)
- 2021 — Chick Corea, American jazz composer (born 1941)
- 2018 — Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (born 1958)
- 2018 — Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (born 1969)
- 2018 — John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (born 1931)
John GavinList of ambassadors of the United States to Mexico
- 2017 — André Salvat, French Army colonel (born 1920)
- 2016 — Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1939)
- 2016 — Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (born 1948)
- 2015 — Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (born 1965)
- 2015 — Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1916)
- 2014 — Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (born 1918)
Observances & holidays
- Alto of Altomünster
- Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
- Ansbert of Rouen
- Apollonia
- Bracchio
- Einion the King (Western Orthodoxy)
- Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire
- Maron (Maronite Church)
- Miguel Febres Cordero
- Nebridius
- Sabinus of Canosa
- Teilo (Wales)
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