9 February
Notable Births
Ryan Williams (wide receiver)
b. 2007
American football player (born 2007)
Cooper DeJean
b. 2003
American football player (born 2003)
Jalen Green
b. 2002
American basketball player (born 2002)
Dylan Cozens
b. 2001
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2001)
Cem Bölükbaşı
b. 1998
Turkish racing driver (born 1998)
Isabella Gomez
b. 1998
Colombian-American actress (born 1998)
Jaire Alexander
b. 1997
American former football player (born 1997)
Saquon Barkley
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
b. 1997
Greek tennis player (born 1997)
Jimmy Bennett
b. 1996
American actor (born 1996)
Kelli Berglund
b. 1996
American actress (born 1996)
Chung Ha
b. 1996
South Korean singer (born 1996)
Sebastián Driussi
b. 1996
Argentine footballer (born 1996)
André Burakovsky
b. 1995
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1995)
Mario Pašalić
b. 1995
Croatian footballer (born 1995)
Sheraldo Becker
b. 1995
Surinamese footballer (born 1995)
Wataru Endo
b. 1993
Japanese footballer (born 1993)
K. J. McDaniels
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Despina Papamichail
b. 1993
Greek tennis player (born 1993)
Niclas Füllkrug
b. 1993
German footballer (born 1993)
Notable Deaths
Tom Robbins
d. 2025
American writer (1932–2025)
Johnny Raper
d. 2022
Australian rugby league player and coach (1939–2022)
Chick Corea
d. 2021
American musician and composer (1941–2021)
Reg E. Cathey
d. 2018
American actor (1958–2018)
Jóhann Jóhannsson
d. 2018
Icelandic musician and composer (1969–2018)
John Gavin
d. 2018
American actor (1931–2018)
André Salvat
d. 2017
Sushil Koirala
d. 2016
Prime Minister of Nepal from 2014 to 2015
Zdravko Tolimir
d. 2016
Bosnian Serb military commander
Liu Han
d. 2015
Chinese mining tycoon, executed in February 2015
Ed Sabol
d. 2015
American filmmaker and founder of NFL Films (1916–2015)
Gabriel Axel
d. 2014
Danish film director, actor, writer and producer
Keiko Fukuda
d. 2013
Japanese-American martial artist (1913–2013)
John Hick
d. 2012
English philosopher of religion and theologian (1922–2012)
Walter Frederick Morrison
d. 2010
American inventor (1920-2010)
Orlando "Cachaíto" López
d. 2009
Cuban bassist and composer
Christopher Hyatt
d. 2008
American psychologist, occultist and writer
Carm Lino Spiteri
d. 2008
Maltese architect and politician (1932–2008)
Jazeh Tabatabai
d. 2008
Iranian artist (1931–2008)
Hank Bauer
d. 2007
American baseball player and manager (1922–2007)
On This Day in History
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2025
The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.
Baltic states
2021
Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.
Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump
2020
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis.
Nayib Bukele
2018
Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.
2018 Winter Olympics
2016
Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.
Bad Aibling rail accident
2001
The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor.
Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
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.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
1996
Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
Copernicium
1991
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1987
Civil unrest broke out across Palestine.
February 1987 Palestinian unrest
1986
Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
Halley's Comet
1982
Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board.
Japan Air Lines Flight 350
1978
The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Budd Company
1976
Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976)
1975
The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
Soyuz 17
1971
The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
1971 San Fernando earthquake
1971
Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
Satchel Paige
1971
Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
Apollo program
1965
Vietnam War: 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.
Vietnam War
1964
The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States.
The Beatles