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09 Feb 1267
Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
09 Feb 1540
The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields Chester)
09 Feb 1554
Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated and his rebellion against Queen Mary crushed
09 Feb 1555
Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake for heresy
09 Feb 1621
Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)
09 Feb 1667
Treaty of Andrussovo Russia and Poland signs peace treaty
09 Feb 1682
Thomas Otways Venice Preserved premieres in London
09 Feb 1744
Battle at Toulon (FrenchSpanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
09 Feb 1775
British Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion
09 Feb 1799
USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis W I
09 Feb 1822
Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic.
09 Feb 1849
Roman Republic declared in Rome replacing following flight of Pope Pius IX
09 Feb 1889
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
09 Feb 1891
1st shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento
09 Feb 1893
Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
09 Feb 1895
Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
09 Feb 1900
Dwight Davis establishes a new tennis trophy the Davis Cup
09 Feb 1904
Japanese land troops at Chemulpo (Inchon) near Seoul Korea within the next three weeks they will have advanced to the Yalu River border of Manchuria
09 Feb 1906
Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
09 Feb 1909
1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
09 Feb 1909
1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent Ohio
09 Feb 1912
US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
09 Feb 1916
Britains military service act enforced (conscription)
09 Feb 1916
NL votes down a proposal by Giants Braves & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
09 Feb 1918
US Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Virginia
09 Feb 1920
International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
09 Feb 1920
Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
09 Feb 1861
Tennessee votes against secession (US Civil War)
09 Feb 1870
US Army establishes US National Weather Service
09 Feb 1871
Federal fish protection office authorized by US Congress
09 Feb 1922
Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
09 Feb 1922
World War Foreign Debt Commission is established by Congress to settle the problem of Allied war and postwar loans
09 Feb 1924
Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
09 Feb 1925
German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
09 Feb 1926
Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta Georgia schools
09 Feb 1929
USSR Estonia Latvia Poland & Romania sign Litvinovs Pact providing for renunciation of war among its signatories
09 Feb 1932
USA enters Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
09 Feb 1932
US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing NY)
09 Feb 1933
-63F (-53C) Moran Wyoming (state record)
09 Feb 1934
-14.3F (-25.7C) coldest day in New York City
09 Feb 1934
-51F (-46C) Vanderbilt Michigan (state record)
09 Feb 1934
Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia Greece Turkey & Romania)
09 Feb 1935
US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
09 Feb 1936
German skier Franz Pfnr wins the inaugural Olympic mens combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of team mate Gustav Lantschner
09 Feb 1941
Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish caf Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang No Entry for Jews signs in front of cafe)
09 Feb 1942
Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
09 Feb 1942
Japanese troops land near Makassar South Celebes
09 Feb 1942
Philadelphia Phillies change nickname (temporarily) to Phils
09 Feb 1943
German riots at plutocratenzoontjes 1200 in Vught Camp
09 Feb 1943
Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal ends epic WWII battle on the Solomon Islands in the Pacific
09 Feb 1943
NL seeks buyer for Phillies as owner Gerry Nugent falls in arrears
09 Feb 1945
WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
09 Feb 1945
The Battle of the Atlantic HMS Venturer sinks U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway
09 Feb 1946
Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
09 Feb 1948
WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
09 Feb 1951
St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige 45
09 Feb 1953
WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
09 Feb 1953
General Walter Bedell Smith ends term as 4th Director of Central Intelligence Agency Allen Dulles becomes Acting Director
09 Feb 1955
US federations of trade unions merge into AFLCIO
09 Feb 1956
KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
09 Feb 1956
R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
09 Feb 1960
AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
09 Feb 1963
7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm 16.7)
09 Feb 1964
IX Winter Olympic Games close in Innsbruck Austria
09 Feb 1964
Hanumant Singh scores 105 India v England on debut at Delhi
09 Feb 1964
NYC news anchor Jim Jensons 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
09 Feb 1966
UK Government announces construction of a nuclear reactor on the North coast of Scotland
09 Feb 1969
KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville AR (ABCNBC) begins broadcasting
09 Feb 1971
Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
09 Feb 1971
Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 & causes over B damage
09 Feb 1971
Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball hall of fame
09 Feb 1971
5 men are killed near a BBC transmitter on Brougher Mountain County Tyrone in a landmine attack carried out by the Irish Republican Army
09 Feb 1972
British government declares state of emergency after month-long coal miners strike
09 Feb 1972
William Craig who had been Northern Ireland Minister for Home Affairs launches Ulster Vanguard as an umbrella movement for the right-ring of Unionism
09 Feb 1973
Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa India
09 Feb 1974
The Americans (A Canadians Opinion) by Gordon Sinclair peaks at 24
09 Feb 1976
Oscar Charleston selected to baseballs Hall of Fame
09 Feb 1979
21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are Taste of Honey
09 Feb 1979
Beginning of James Clavells novel Whirlwind
09 Feb 1979
UK Football club Nottingham Forest makes 1m transfer deal
09 Feb 1979
New York City premiere of Paul Schraders allegedly fact based film Hardcore
09 Feb 1979
Walter Hills drama film The Warriors is released in the United States sparking gang violence at many theaters and a halt to the films marketing campaign
09 Feb 1984
Rink opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
09 Feb 1986
Halleys Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
09 Feb 1986
Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
09 Feb 1986
Marvin Johnson stops Leslie Stewart in 7 rounds in Indianapolis to win WBA light heavyweight boxing title record 3rd time he regains a version of light heavyweight crown
09 Feb 1986
Tomb of Tutanchamons treasurer Maya found in Egypt
09 Feb 1986
West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (705.17)
09 Feb 1987
Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
09 Feb 1987
NY Stock Exch installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
09 Feb 1988
NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
09 Feb 1989
Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
09 Feb 1989
Michael Manleys Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
09 Feb 1990
Bradys return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
09 Feb 1990
Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (40027) & mile (41713)
09 Feb 1990
40th Berlin International Film Festival Music Box and Larks on a String win the Golden Bear (tie)
09 Feb 1991
Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (64173)
09 Feb 1991
Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice & beats him
09 Feb 1991
US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
09 Feb 1991
Wally Joyner wins record 2.1 million salary arbitration
09 Feb 1992
2 Shakespearean Actors closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 performances
09 Feb 1992
Fastest yodeler-22 tones15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germany
09 Feb 1992
Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
09 Feb 1992
Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (407.10)
09 Feb 1992
Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
09 Feb 1993
Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
09 Feb 1995
Heiress opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
09 Feb 1995
Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
09 Feb 1995
STS-63 - 2nd mission of USRussian Shuttle-Mir Program goes into space
09 Feb 1995
45th Berlin International Film Festival The Bait wins the Golden Bear
09 Feb 1996
The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in Londons Canary Wharf.
09 Feb 1997
47th NBA All-Star Game Gund Arena Cleveland OH East beats West 132-120 MVP Glen Rice Charlotte Hornets F
09 Feb 1997
Fox cartoon series Simpsons airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
09 Feb 1998
Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
09 Feb 2000
50th Berlin International Film Festival Magnolia wins the Golden Bear
09 Feb 2001
American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School nine the Ehime-Marus crew members were killed including four high school students.
09 Feb 2002
NFL Pro Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu HI AFC beats NFC 38-30 MVP Rich Gannon Oakland Raiders QB
09 Feb 2003
52nd NBA All-Star Game Philips Arena Atlanta GA West beats East 155-145 (2 OT) MVP Kevin Garnett Minnesota Timberwolves F
09 Feb 2006
56th Berlin International Film Festival Grbavica wins the Golden Bear
09 Feb 2011
Latvia leaves deep recession with an annualised growth of 3.7% in the last quarter of 2010 it is reported today
09 Feb 2012
62nd Berlin International Film Festival Caesar Must Die wins the Golden Bear
09 Feb 2013
5 people are killed after Cessna plane crashes on a Brussels runway
09 Feb 2014
Australian National University scientists discover the oldest known star at 13.6 billion years old
09 Feb 2014
Protest erupt in Sarajevo and other cities in Bosnia-Herzegovina the unemployment rate remains at 40% (57% for youth)
09 Feb 2014
Switzerland votes to return immigration quotas
09 Feb 2016
Super Bowl L Levis Stadium Santa Clara CA Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers 2410 MVP Von Miller Denver LB
09 Feb 2016
Two German passenger trains collide near Bad Aibling Bavaria killing 10 and seriously injuring 18
09 Feb 2018
XXIII Olympic Winter Games open in PyeongChang South Korea
09 Feb 1904
Japanese land troops at Chemulpo (Inchon) near Seoul Korea within the next three weeks they will have advanced to the Yalu River the border of Manchuria
09 Feb 1936
German skier Franz Pfnr wins the inaugural Olympic mens combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of teammate Gustav Lantschner
09 Feb 1943
National League of Baseball seeks a buyer for the Philadelphia Phillies as owner Gerry Nugent falls in arrears
09 Feb 1968
World champion Jean-Claude Killy of France wins the downhill at the Grenoble Winter Olympics first of 3-event clean sweep of the alpine skiing events at the Games
09 Feb 1968
A rare 3-way tie for silver in the womens 500m speed skating at the Grenoble Winter Olympics Soviet Lyudmila Titova wins from American trio of Jenny Fish Mary Meyers and Dianne Holum
09 Feb 1984
East German speed skater Karin Enke wins the 1500m in world record 203.42 at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics also wins 1000m gold
09 Feb 1984
Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hmlinen wins the 10k gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics first of 3 individual medal sweep also winning 5k and 20k events
09 Feb 1984
East German ski jumper Jens Weiflog wins first of 3 career Olympic gold medals in the Normal Hill individual event at the Sarajevo Winter Games
09 Feb 1990
Spacecraft Galileo flies by Venus at an altitude of 10000 miles (16000 km) in a gravity assist maneuver to gain speed on its way to Jupiter [1]
09 Feb 2014
Slopestyle snowboarding event makes Olympic debut at Sochi Winter Games American Jamie Anderson is inaugural womens gold medallist
09 Feb 2014
Slovak biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina retains her Olympic 7.5k sprint title (Vancouver 2010) at the Sochi Winter Games
09 Feb 2014
Olympic teams figure skating event debuts in Sochi with Russia taking the gold medal pairs champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov win first of 2 gold at the Games
09 Feb 1287
Massive storm across south-east England hits Cinque Ports realines the coastline New Romney port now a mile inland [1]
09 Feb 1775
British Parliament declares Massachusetts colony in rebellion
09 Feb 1895
William Morgan presents his new sport Mintonette to the world at Springfield College Massachusetts later renames it Volleyball [1]
09 Feb 1909
1st US federal legislation on narcotics prohibits importation possession and use of smoking opium
09 Feb 1943
Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal ending the epic World War II battle on the Solomon Islands in the Pacific
09 Feb 1961
The Beatles first gig at Liverpools Cavern Club they would play there nearly 300 times over the next two years
09 Feb 1997
11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds wins
09 Feb 1234
Mongol army takes the Jin city of Caizhou last holdout of Jin Emperor Ai-Tsung who commits suicide rather than be captured
09 Feb 1913
Beginning of the Ten Tragic Days in Mexico City with revolts leading to 3000 deaths
09 Feb 1971
Elektra Records releases eponymous debut album of American singer-songwriter Carly Simon garners two Grammy Awards including Best New Artist
09 Feb 1971
Satchel Paige becomes 1st Negro League player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
09 Feb 1973
Pragati Legislature Party elects Patnaik as leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa India
09 Feb 1979
ABC airs Heroes of Rock N Roll special featuring archival performances of 62 artists
09 Feb 1987
Former US national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide by overdosing on Valium hours before scheduled testimony before panel investigating illegal arms-for-hostages Iran-Contra affair
09 Feb 1995
Augustus and Ruth Goetz stage drama The Heiress opens at Cort Theater NYC runs for 340 performances
09 Feb 1807
The Grand Sanhedrin (Jewish high court) is convened by Napoleon Bonaparte to give legal sanction to the principles in the Assembly of Notables
09 Feb 1974
British miners begin their strike in reaction to wage dispute prompting Prime Minister Edward Heath to declare a state of emergency and call for a special election
09 Feb 1267
Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special cone shaped hats as a means of identification the traditional garb had become less prevalent
09 Feb 1540
The first recorded horse race meeting in England is held at Roodee Fields in Chester
09 Feb 1923
Soviet Union Council of Labour and Defence passes resolution creating the Civil Air Fleet of the USSR the forerunner of Aeroflot Airline
09 Feb 1955
Unity Committee of US trade unions American Federation of Labor (AFL) and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) agree to merge subject to ratification by each groups executive committee
09 Feb 1964
G.I. Joe action figure introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York
09 Feb 1966
Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 995 points
09 Feb 1971
First gay-themed TV episode - All in the Family
09 Feb 1972
British government declares a state of emergency after a month-long coal miners strike
09 Feb 1992
Yodeler Thomas School of Germany achieves 22 tones and 15 falsettos in a single second
09 Feb 2020
Deaths from COVID-19 virus overtake those of Sars (2003) with 813 deaths worldwide with more than 34800 known infections
09 Feb 2020
Fastest conventional plane flight from New York to London made by British Airways Boeing 747-436 in 4 hours and 56 minutes average speed of 1327 kmh 825 mph aided by tailwinds from due to Storm Ciara
09 Feb 2020
Solar Orbiter probe attached to an Atlas rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
09 Feb 2020
Storm Ciara makes landfall in northern Scotland bringing widespread wind and flooding to northern Europe resulting in 18 deaths
09 Feb 2020
Suspected militants attack and kill at least 30 people many while sleeping in their cars in Auno north-eastern Nigeria kidnapping women and children
09 Feb 2021
United Arab Emirates is the fifth entity to successfully orbit a probe around Mars as probe Hope begins to study the planets atmosphere.
09 Feb 2021
WHO team investigating origin of COVID-19 in Wuhan say it is extremely unlikely that it leaked from a local research lab [1]
09 Feb 2022
Nearly four million bottles of beer destroyed in large crackdown on alcohol in northern Nigerian state of Kano where alcohol prohibited under Sharia law [1]
09 Feb 1979
Walter Hills crime drama film The Warriors based on Sol Yuricks 1965 novel is released in the United States sparking gang violence at many theaters and a halt to the films marketing campaign
09 Feb 1985
Madonnas album Like a Virgin goes 1 for 3 weeks
09 Feb 2005
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair issues a formal apology to the Guildford Four for their wrongful imprisonment [1]
09 Feb 2021
The United Arab Emirates is the fifth entity to successfully orbit a probe around Mars as the probe Hope begins to study the planets atmosphere