This Day in History
February 9

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What happened in history on this day: February 9?

On February 9 in ...

  • 1267 - Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps.
  • 1404 - Birth of Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor.
  • 1441 - Birth of Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub).
  • 1499 - France and Venice sign treaty against Milan.
  • 1537 - Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England.
  • 1540 - The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester).
  • 1554 - Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated.
  • 1555 - John Hooper deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy.
  • 1574 - Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht.
  • 1578 - Birth of Giambattista Andreini Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo).
  • 1579 - Birth of John Meursius [van Meurs], Dutch historian.
  • 1583 - Jeseph Sanalbo Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake.
  • 1588 - Marquis of Santa Cruz Spanish Admiral, dies.
  • 1602 - Birth of Franciscus van de Enden Flemish Jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza.
  • 1607 - Birth of Abraham Megerle composer.
  • 1617 - Hans Christoph Haiden composer, dies at age 44.
  • 1621 - Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV.
  • 1640 - Murad IV sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at age 27.
  • 1667 - Treaty of Andrussovo Russia/Poland signs peace treaty.
  • 1670 - Frederik III King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at age 60.
  • 1674 - English re-conquer New York from Netherlands.
  • 1675 - Gerard Dou Dutch painter, buried.
  • 1682 - Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London.
  • 1708 - Birth of Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer (opéra-comique).
  • 1735 - Birth of Adriaan Kluit Dutch historian.
  • 1740 - Vincenz Lubeck composer, dies at age 85.
  • 1741 - Birth of Henri-Joseph Rigel composer.
  • 1742 - British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford.
  • 1744 - Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews).
  • 1744 - Birth of Amos Bull composer.
  • 1751 - Henri F D'Aguesseau Chancellor of France (1717-50), dies at age 82.
  • 1756 - Birth of Karel Blazej Kopriva composer.
  • 1757 - British East Africa Company makes a treaty with Siraj-Ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal.
  • 1765 - Elisabetta de Gambarini composer, dies at age 33.
  • 1771 - Birth of Daniel Belknap composer.
  • 1772 - Birth of Frans Mikael Franzén Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo).
  • 1773 - Birth of William Henry Harrison Virginia, (Whigs) 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841).
  • 1775 - Birth of Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom).
  • 1775 - English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion.
  • 1780 - Birth of Walenty Karol Kratzer composer.
  • 1783 - Birth of Vasili A Zjukovski Russian folk poet/translator (Homer).
  • 1788 - Austria declares war on Russia.
  • 1799 - USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, West Indies.
  • 1801 - France and Austrian sign Peace of Lunéville.
  • 1807 - French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon.
  • 1808 - Birth of Francesco Gomez da Rocha composer.
  • 1811 - Nevill Maskelyne 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies.
  • 1812 - Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer, dies at age 57.
  • 1814 - Birth of Samuel Jones Tilden philanthropist for New York Public Library.
  • 1817 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch composer, dies at age 54.
  • 1822 - American Indian Society organizes.
  • 1822 - Birth of Charles T Stork Dutch industrialist.
  • 1824 - Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich German poet, dies at age 49.
  • 1825 - House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US President.
  • 1826 - Birth of John Alexander Logan Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886.
  • 1830 - Birth of Abdül Aziz Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76).
  • 1834 - Birth of Felix Dahn writer.
  • 1834 - Birth of Franz Xaver Witt composer.
  • 1846 - Birth of Wilhelm Maybach German engineer, designer of first Mercedes.
  • 1846 - Henry Gally Knight architect/writer, dies.
  • 1849 - Corneille Vander Planken composer, dies at age 76.
  • 1849 - Roman Republic declared.
  • 1853 - Birth of Leander Starr Jameson Prime Minister of South African Cape colony.
  • 1854 - Birth of Aletta [Henriëtte] Jacobs first Dutch female physician.
  • 1854 - Birth of Edward Carson first Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party).
  • 1857 - Birth of Johannes T de Visser theologist/Dutch first minister of Education.
  • 1860 - Edmond Willem van Dam van Isselt Dutch military/liberal politician, dies at age 63.
  • 1861 - Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states.
  • 1861 - Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected president and Vice President of CSA.
  • 1861 - Tennessee votes against secession.
  • 1863 - Birth of Anthony Hope [Hopkins] London, novelist.
  • 1863 - Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane.
  • 1865 - Birth of Erich von Drygalski German Federal Republic, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic explorer.
  • 1865 - Birth of Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell England, actress (Pygmalion, Sean O'Casey's mistress).
  • 1866 - Birth of George Ade US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang).
  • 1867 - Birth of Edward Naylor composer.
  • 1867 - Birth of Natsume Sôseki [Natsume Kinnosuke] Japanese author (Kokoro).
  • 1867 - Nebraska becomes 37th US state.
  • 1870 - Grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service.
  • 1871 - Birth of Franc S Finzgar Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood).
  • 1871 - Birth of Howard T Ricketts US pathologist (studied typhus fever).
  • 1871 - Federal fish protection office authorized byUS Congress.
  • 1874 - Birth of Amy Lowell US, critic/Imagist poet (Patterns, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed).
  • 1874 - Birth of Vsevolod Meyerhold Russian theatrical producer/director/actor (Houligan).
  • 1874 - Jules Michelet French historian (History of France), dies at age 75.
  • 1875 - Birth of Sidney Hugo Nicholson composer.
  • 1876 - Birth of Aloïs Walgrave Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours).
  • 1876 - Birth of Martin Stixrud Norway, figure skater (Olympics-bronze-1920).
  • 1879 - Birth of Carl Natanael Berg composer.
  • 1879 - Birth of Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist.
  • 1881 - Feodor M Dostoevski Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), dies at age 59.
  • 1882 - Birth of Thomas Campbell South African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12).
  • 1884 - Birth of Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician).
  • 1885 - First Japanese arrive in Hawaii.
  • 1885 - Birth of Alban Maria Johannes Berg Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!.
  • 1886 - President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence.
  • 1887 - Birth of Henry Zimmerman baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 home runs).
  • 1887 - Birth of Vital Celen Flemish writer (Puppy Love).
  • 1890 - Birth of Jacobus J P Oud Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl).
  • 1891 - First shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento.
  • 1891 - Birth of Pietro Nenni Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47).
  • 1891 - Birth of Ronald Colman England, 1947 Academy Award actor (Tale of Two Cities).
  • 1891 - Johan B Jongkind Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at age 71.
  • 1892 - Birth of Barend ter Haar Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice).
  • 1892 - Birth of Peggy Wood Brooklyn New York, actress (One Life to Live, Mama).
  • 1893 - Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud.
  • 1893 - Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan.
  • 1895 - First intercollegiate basketball game (Minnesota Agricultural beats Hamline, 9-3).
  • 1895 - Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts.
  • 1897 - Birth of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith pioneer Australian aviator.
  • 1900 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup.
  • 1901 - Birth of Brian Donlevy Portadown Ireland; actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island, Dangerous Assignment).
  • 1902 - Birth of Blanche Calloway US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy).
  • 1902 - Birth of Chester H Lauck Allene Arkansas; actor (Dreaming Out Loud, two Weeks to Live).
  • 1903 - Birth of Georg Trexler composer.
  • 1904 - Japan declares war on Russia.
  • 1906 - Birth of Gwen Catley British soprano.
  • 1906 - Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising.
  • 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar black dialect poet, dies at age 33 in Dayton Ohio.
  • 1907 - Birth of Aubrey "Dit" Clapper NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins).
  • 1908 - Birth of Jackie Fields US, featherweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1924).
  • 1909 - First federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium).
  • 1909 - First forestry school is incorporated at Kent Ohio.
  • 1909 - Birth of Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha] Marco de Canavezes Portugal, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy).
  • 1909 - Birth of Dean Rusk US Secretary of State (1961-69).
  • 1909 - Birth of Harald Genzmer composer.
  • 1909 - Birth of Heather Angel Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans).
  • 1909 - Birth of John Eustace Theodore Brancker lawyer/parliamentarian.
  • 1910 - Birth of Jacques Monod French biochemist.
  • 1911 - Birth of Eustace Wenworth Roskill law lord.
  • 1912 - Birth of Hubert William Dean air armaments specialist.
  • 1912 - US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion.
  • 1913 - Ten Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die.
  • 1913 - Birth of Leo van der Kar masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds).
  • 1914 - Birth of Bill (Rhymes with Wreck) Veeck baseball club owner.
  • 1914 - Birth of Ernest Tubb Texas, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You).
  • 1914 - Birth of Max Manus resistance fighter.
  • 1914 - Birth of Ralph Herman Milwaukee Wisconsin, orchestra leader (Circus Time).
  • 1916 - Britain's military service act enforced (conscription).
  • 1916 - Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek composer, dies at age 90.
  • 1916 - Jack Barrett cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1890), dies.
  • 1916 - National League votes down a proposal by New York Giants, Braves, and Chicago Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Cincinnati Reds want to decrease to 20).
  • 1917 - Francis Allan cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Australia-England Test), dies.
  • 1918 - Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe Virginia.
  • 1918 - Emiel van der Straeten [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at age 30.
  • 1918 - Sacha Guitry's "Deburan" premieres in Paris.
  • 1920 - International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard.
  • 1920 - Joint Rules Commission bans foreign substances and alterations to baseballs.
  • 1921 - Birth of B M Ducat-Amos Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service).
  • 1921 - Birth of Charles Montgomery Monteith publisher.
  • 1922 - Birth of James C "Jim" Laker Bradford England, cricket off spinner.
  • 1922 - Italian government of Bonomi falls.
  • 1922 - Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
  • 1923 - Birth of Brendan Behan Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage).
  • 1923 - Birth of Kathryn Grayson North Carolina, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate).
  • 1923 - Birth of Norman E Shumway Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon.
  • 1923 - Soviet Aeroflot airlines established.
  • 1924 - Birth of George Guest British organist.
  • 1924 - Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR.
  • 1924 - Nils Kj'r Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at age 53.
  • 1925 - Birth of Vic Wertz baseball player.
  • 1925 - German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France.
  • 1925 - Haifa Technion (Israel), opens.
  • 1926 - Birth of Garret FitzGerald Prime Minister of Ireland.
  • 1926 - Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta Georgia schools.
  • 1927 - Birth of Donald Miller CEO (Scottish Power).
  • 1927 - Birth of Norman Adams painter/ceramic sculptor.
  • 1928 - Birth of Roger Mudd Washington DC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News).
  • 1929 - Birth of Bill Barrett (Representative-Republican-Nebraska).
  • 1929 - Birth of James Mulcro Drew composer.
  • 1929 - Birth of Lennox Butler cricketer (one Test West Indies vs Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151).
  • 1929 - Birth of Willem Kersters Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song).
  • 1929 - A Protocol (Litvinov Pact) renouncing war as an instrument of national policy is signed by the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.
  • 1930 - Birth of Emil Petrovics composer.
  • 1931 - Birth of Robert Morris sculptor.
  • 1931 - Birth of Xavier Benguerel composer.
  • 1932 - America enter Olympics two-man bobsled competition for first time.
  • 1932 - Junnosuke Inouye Japanese minister of Finance, murdered.
  • 1932 - US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing New York).
  • 1933 - -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran Wyoming (state record).
  • 1933 - Birth of Countess of Airlie.
  • 1933 - Birth of Jo Ann Prentice LPGA golfer.
  • 1933 - Birth of Justice Johnson.
  • 1933 - Birth of Lord Williams of Elvel.
  • 1934 - -14.3 degrees F (-25.8 degrees C), coldest day in New York City, New York.
  • 1934 - -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt Michigan (state record).
  • 1934 - Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania).
  • 1934 - Birth of John A Ziegler Jr Grosse Pointe Michigan, fourth NHL president (1977-92).
  • 1935 - Birth of Paul Flynn Member of Parliament.
  • 1935 - Karl Nef Swiss musicologist, dies at age 61.
  • 1935 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson.
  • 1935 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee.
  • 1936 - Birth of Clive Swift Liverpool; actor (Frenzy, Passage to India).
  • 1936 - Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at age 57.
  • 1937 - Birth of Brian Wenham media consultant/journalist.
  • 1937 - Birth of Johnny Sayles US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle).
  • 1938 - Truby King pioneer of mothercraft, dies.
  • 1939 - Belgian Spaak government falls.
  • 1939 - Birth of Barry Mann singer (Who put the Bomp).
  • 1939 - Birth of Janet Suzman South Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run).
  • 1940 - Birth of Brian Bennett London, rock drummer (Shadows).
  • 1940 - Birth of Ronnie Claire Edwards Oklahoma City Oklahoma, actress (Corabeth-Waltons, 8 Seconds, Sweet Bird of Youth).
  • 1940 - Birth of Smokey Robinson rocker (and Miracles-Tears of Clown).
  • 1940 - Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
  • 1941 - Birth of Sheila James Kuehl politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis).
  • 1941 - British troops conquer El Agheila.
  • 1941 - Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish café Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe).
  • 1942 - Birth of Carole King [Klein], Brooklyn New York, pianist/singer (Tapestry).
  • 1942 - Birth of Charlie Morrow composer.
  • 1942 - Birth of Milos Stedron composer.
  • 1942 - Birth of Peder Lunde Jr Norway, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1960).
  • 1942 - Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US.
  • 1942 - Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes.
  • 1942 - Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils".
  • 1943 - Wife of General Reydons shot to death by resistance.
  • 1943 - Birth of Barbara Lewis US vocalist (Hello Stranger).
  • 1943 - Birth of James King New Orleans Louisiana, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1968).
  • 1943 - Birth of Joe Pesci Newark New Jersey; actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas).
  • 1943 - Birth of Jonny Nilsson Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympics-gold-1964).
  • 1943 - Birth of Ryland Davies tenor.
  • 1943 - Birth of Squire Fridell Oakland California; actor (Rosetti and Ryan).
  • 1943 - Franklin Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry.
  • 1943 - German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes", 1,200 in Vught Camp.
  • 1943 - Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, epic battle ends.
  • 1943 - National League seeks buyer for Philadelphia Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears.
  • 1943 - Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents.
  • 1944 - Birth of Alice Walker US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian).
  • 1944 - U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland.
  • 1945 - Birth of Bill Bergey NFL player.
  • 1945 - Birth of Mia (Maria) Farrow Los Angeles California, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo).
  • 1945 - George J L Maduro resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau.
  • 1945 - Germany destroys Ruhrdammen.
  • 1945 - Jan Bakker resistance fighter, executed at age 26.
  • 1945 - WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire.
  • 1946 - Soviet Premier Josef Stalin announces a new Five-Year Plan for the Soviet Union to guarantee the country's future security. Stalin blames World War I and II on the capitalistic world economy, due to the imbalance of raw materials and markets.
  • 1946 - In London, England, a representative of the Soviet Union presents its reparations demands on Italy: the equivalent of US$100 million of industrial plants of northern Italy.
  • 1946 - Greece demands Italian reparations of US$3 billion in sulphur, textiles and agricultural machinery, automobiles, and reconstruction equipment.
  • 1946 - Birth of Annette Penhaligon.
  • 1946 - Birth of M J H Sterling Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University).
  • 1946 - Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms.
  • 1947 - Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
  • 1947 - Birth of Joe Ely Amarillo Texas, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade).
  • 1947 - Birth of Major Harris US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait).
  • 1948 - Karl Valentin German comic/writer, dies at age 65.
  • 1949 - Birth of Bernard Gallacher British golfer.
  • 1949 - Birth of Janet Issaca Ashford writer.
  • 1949 - Birth of Judith Light Trenton New Jersey, (Angela-Who's The Boss?, One Life to Live).
  • 1949 - Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck composer, dies at age 60.
  • 1950 - Birth of Andrew N Meltzoff developmental psychologist.
  • 1950 - Birth of Lloyd Weldon Keasor Pumphrey Maryland, wrestler (Olympics-silver-1976).
  • 1950 - Birth of Terry Hawkins theatre administrator.
  • 1950 - Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists.
  • 1951 - Birth of Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas saxophonist (Kool and the Gang-Celebration).
  • 1951 - Birth of Jay Inslee (Representative-Democrat-Washington).
  • 1951 - Birth of Penny Peyser Irvington New York, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing).
  • 1951 - Saint Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45.
  • 1952 - Birth of Danny White quarterback (Dallas Cowboys).
  • 1952 - Norman Douglas essayist/novelist, dies.
  • 1953 - "The Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication.
  • 1953 - Birth of Andre Sevard NHL player.
  • 1953 - Birth of Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg Dutch actor (Hunk).
  • 1953 - Birth of Gary Franks (Representative-Republican-Connecticut).
  • 1953 - General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as fourth director of Central Intelligence Agency Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
  • 1954 - Birth of Ulrich Walter German Federal Republic, cosmonaut.
  • 1954 - Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy.
  • 1955 - Birth of Charles Shaughnessy London England; actor (Maxwell Sheffield-The Nanny, Shane-Days of Our Lives).
  • 1955 - Birth of Jm J Bullock Casper Wyoming; actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort).
  • 1955 - Dutch second Chamber accepts crematory law.
  • 1955 - US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO.
  • 1956 - -5 degrees F (15 degrees C) in Sicily.
  • 1956 - Birth of Philip Jackson Ford Jr North Carolina, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1976).
  • 1956 - R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria.
  • 1957 - Birth of Gordon Strachan; soccer player.
  • 1957 - Birth of Mohammed Valli Moosa; South African leader (UDF).
  • 1957 - Miklós Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian Admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at age 88.
  • 1958 - Birth of Alexander "Sandy" W B Lyle in Shrewsbury, England; PGA golfer (1988 Phoenix Open).
  • 1960 - AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no-tampering pact.
  • 1960 - Birth of Peggy A Whitson in Mount Ayr, Iowa, USA; astronaut.
  • 1960 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at age 82.
  • 1961 - Birth of John Kruk; US baseball first baseman (Philadelphia Phillies).
  • 1961 - Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at age 70.
  • 1961 - Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo.
  • 1962 - Birth of Diego Perez in Spain; tennis star.
  • 1962 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Moon Pilot to theaters in the USA. The film is based on a story by Robert Buckner.
  • 1962 - Birth of Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary.
  • 1962 - Jamaica signs agreement to become independent.
  • 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
  • 1963 - First flight of Boeing 727 jet.
  • 1963 - 7th largest snowfall in New York City history (42.4 cm, 16.7 inches).
  • 1963 - Birth of Bonnie Levin in Miami Beach, Florida, USA; WPVA volleyballer.
  • 1963 - Birth of Madusa Miceli [Debra Ann] in Milan, Italy; wrestler (WCW).
  • 1963 - Birth of Mike Rindel; cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs Pakistan 1995).
  • 1963 - Birth of Travis Tritt in Marietta, Georgia, USA; country vocalist ("Country Club").
  • 1964 - First appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show (73.7 million viewers).
  • 1964 - 9th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria.
  • 1964 - Birth of Rachel Bolan; rocker (Skid Row).
  • 1964 - Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs England on debut at Delhi.
  • 1964 - Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at age 55.
  • 1965 - Birth of David Brandon; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons).
  • 1965 - Birth of Lennox Lewis in London, England; Super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1988).
  • 1966 - Birth of Amanda Roocroft; opera singer.
  • 1966 - Birth of James "Rachel" Bolan in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love).
  • 1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at age 79.
  • 1967 - Birth of Kate Golden in Beaumont, Texas, USA; LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th).
  • 1967 - Birth of Stevon Moore; NFL safety (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens).
  • 1967 - Birth of Todd Pratt; US baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies).
  • 1968 - Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at age 77.
  • 1968 - Birth of Derek Strong; NBA forward (Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic).
  • 1968 - Birth of Marcus Meloan in Agana, Guam; Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amateur Champion).
  • 1968 - Birth of Paul Claxton in Vidalia, Georgia, USA; Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th).
  • 1968 - Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at age 78.
  • 1968 - Rotterdam metro is opened by Princess Beatrix.
  • 1969 - Birth of Jeff Pahukoa; NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons).
  • 1969 - Birth of Jimmy Smith; NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars).
  • 1969 - Birth of Peta Edebone; Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-1996).
  • 1969 - Birth of Thomas Brandl in Bad Tolz, Germany; hockey forward (Team Germany 1998).
  • 1969 - Birth of Todd Lyght; US football quarterback (Saint Louis Rams).
  • 1969 - Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Olympics-gold 1928), dies at age 68.
  • 1969 - World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes first commercial flight.
  • 1969 - [George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at age 83.
  • 1970 - Birth of Glenn McGrath; cricketer (New South Wales and Australian fast bowler 1993-).
  • 1970 - Birth of Grant Moorhead in New Plymouth, New Zealand; Australasia golfer.
  • 1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth.
  • 1971 - Birth of Gonzalo Floyd; Canadian Football League defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
  • 1971 - Birth of Jason Mathews; NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts).
  • 1971 - Birth of Jim Miller; NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars).
  • 1971 - Birth of Ken Felder; US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers).
  • 1971 - Birth of Pat O'Neill; NFL punter/place kicker (New England Patriots).
  • 1971 - Birth of Sharon Case in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Sharon Collins - The Young and the Restless).
  • 1971 - Probably first gay theme TV episode - All in the Family.
  • 1971 - Earthquake in San Fernando Valley kills 65 and causes over US$500 million damage.
  • 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes first negro-league player elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 1972 - Birth of Jason George; actor (Michael Bourre - Sunset Beach).
  • 1972 - Birth of Norbert Rosza; Hungarian swimmer (100 metre freestyle record).
  • 1972 - British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike.
  • 1973 - Birth of Amber Valletta in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar).
  • 1973 - Max Yasgur, owner of Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at age 53.
  • 1974 - Birth of Brad Maynard; punter (New York Giants).
  • 1974 - Birth of John Wallace; NBA forward (Toronto Raptors).
  • 1974 - Birth of Orlando Bobo; guard (Minnesota Vikings).
  • 1974 - Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at age 60.
  • 1974 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill.
  • 1974 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr.
  • 1975 - Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at age 82.
  • 1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic.
  • 1975 - Soyuz 17 returns to Earth.
  • 1976 - Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
  • 1977 - Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at age 92.
  • 1977 - Death of Gaus, an orangutan who lived to be 59.
  • 1977 - Sergei Ilyushin Russian, airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at age 82.
  • 1978 - Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, age 12, in Lake City, Florida.
  • 1979 - ABC airs Heroes of Rock N Roll special.
  • 1979 - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies.
  • 1979 - Nigeria amends constitution.
  • 1980 - The late New York Yankees' catcher Thurman Munson is inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame of Kent State University.
  • 1980 - Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at age 106.
  • 1980 - Rick Barry, Houston Rockets, is first in NBA to score 8, 3-point goals in a game.
  • 1981 - Bill Haley, American vocalist ("Rock Around Clock"), dies of heart attack at age 55 (born 1925).
  • 1981 - Polish Prime Minister Józef Pinkowski resigns and is replaced by General Wojciech Jaruzelski.
  • 1982 - Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes in Tokyo Bay due to thrust reversal on approach to Tokyo International Airport, killing 24 people among the 174 people on board.
  • 1982 - Birth of Ami Suzuki; Japanese singer.
  • 1982 - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington.
  • 1983 - Belgium buys 44 F-16 fighter jets.
  • 1984 - Rink opens at Martin Beck Theater in New York City for 204 performances.
  • 1984 - Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras.
  • 1984 - Yuri Andropov, General Secretary of Soviet Communist Party (1982-84), dies at age 69 (born 1914).
  • 1984 - Birth of Han Geng, Chinese singer in Korea, member of Super Junior.
  • 1985 - Birth of David Gallagher; American actor.
  • 1985 - Birth of Rachel Melvin; American actress.
  • 1985 - Madonna's "Like a Virgin" album goes #1 for three weeks.
  • 1985 - U.S. drug agent Enrique Camarena is kidnapped and murdered in Mexico (his body is discovered March 5).
  • 1986 - 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas, Texas.
  • 1986 - Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun).
  • 1986 - Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen.
  • 1986 - Marvin Johnson wins record third time, light heavyweight boxing title.
  • 1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic.
  • 1986 - West German team swims world record 4x200 metre freestyle (7:05.17).
  • 1986 - Mohinder Amarnath becomes the first batsman dismissed for handling the ball in One Day International cricket.
  • 1987 - Former US national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide.
  • 1987 - New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club.
  • 1987 - Brownsville, Texas is deluged with seven inches of rain in just two hours; flooding in some parts of the city is worse than that caused by Hurricane Beulah in 1967.
  • 1988 - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (overtime) at Saint Louis, Missouri.
  • 1988 - New Hampshire begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends February 1991).
  • 1988 - Death of Kurt Adler, conductor, in Ross, California (born in Vienna, Austria).
  • 1989 - Kevin Johnson (Phoenix Suns) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games.
  • 1989 - Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election.
  • 1989 - Birth of Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player.
  • 1989 - Death of Osamu Tezuka, Japanese Manga artist (Astroboy) (born 1928).
  • 1990 - The Bradys return to TV for six episodes on CBS TV.
  • 1990 - Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13).
  • 1990 - Galileo flies by Venus.
  • 1990 - Namibia's constitution ratified.
  • 1991 - Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5km (6:41.73).
  • 1991 - Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him.
  • 1991 - Lithuanians vote by huge majority to restore pre-World War II independence.
  • 1991 - Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration.
  • 1992 - "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 29 performances.
  • 1992 - 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando.
  • 1992 - Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in one second by Thomas School of Germany.
  • 1992 - Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07 metres).
  • 1992 - Jani Sievinen swims world record 400 metre medley (4:07.10).
  • 1992 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary.
  • 1993 - Birth of Parimarjan Negi, Chess prodigy from India.
  • 1993 - Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in northeast Burma.
  • 1993 - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at age 54.
  • 1993 - Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara - Another World), dies of cancer at age 76.
  • 1993 - Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies.
  • 1994 - Arnold Smith, British first Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at age 79.
  • 1994 - Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with Palestinian Liberation Organization's Arafat.
  • 1994 - Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakia/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at age 86.
  • 1994 - Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone With the Wind), dies at age 88.
  • 1994 - The Vance-Owen Peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
  • 1994 - Death of Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1934).
  • 1995 - Heiress opens at Cort Theater in New York City for 340 performances.
  • 1995 - David Wayne [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at age 81.
  • 1995 - Irina Privalova runs female world record 50 metre (5.96 seconds).
  • 1995 - J William Fulbright, (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at age 89.
  • 1995 - Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and Briton, respectively, to walk in space (mission STS-63).
  • 1996 - Adolf Galland, General (Luftwaffe), dies at age 83.
  • 1996 - Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at age 80.
  • 1996 - Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist, dies at age 44.
  • 1996 - Birth of Jimmy Bennett, American actor.
  • 1996 - Discovery of the element Ununbium.
  • 1996 - Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at age 80.
  • 1996 - Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at age 86.
  • 1996 - Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at age 74.
  • 1996 - Death of Adolf Galland in Oberwinter, Germany; fighter pilot in World War II, shot down over 100 Allied planes.
  • 1997 - 11th American Comedy Awards: Debbie Reynolds.
  • 1997 - 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland.
  • 1997 - Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton - Doctor in the House), dies at age 53.
  • 1997 - Fox cartoon series The Simpsons airs 167th episode, making it the longest-running animated series in cartoon history.
  • 1997 - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am.
  • 1997 - LG Senior Golf Championship.
  • 1997 - Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational.
  • 1997 - Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am.
  • 1997 - Scotty Bowman is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games.
  • 1998 - 6th annual ESPY Awards.
  • 1998 - Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze.
  • 2000 - Death of Beau Jack, American boxer (born 1921).
  • 2001 - Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees finalize a $189 million, 10-year contract, making Jeter the second highest paid player in the history of the sport.
  • 2001 - The submarine USS Greeneville strikes and sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime-Maru near Hawaii.
  • 2001 - Death of Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916).
  • 2002 - Death of Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (born 1930).
  • 2002 - (to February 24) The 19th Olympic Winter Games are held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
  • 2003 - The Cricket World Cup begins in South Africa.
  • 2003 - BBC Choice closes for the final time at 12:30 am, replaced by BBC Three at 7 pm.
  • 2005 - An ETA car bomb injures 31 people at a conference centre in Madrid, Spain.
  • 2006 - Bengie Molina signs a US$5 million, one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, with a $7.5 million option for 2007.
  • 2006 - Death of Sir Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (born 1922).
  • 2007 - Death of Benedict Kiely, Irish author and broadcaster (born 1919).
  • 2007 - Death of Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (born 1934).
  • 2007 - Death of Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (born 1919).
  • 2008 - Death of Murlidhar Devidas "Baba" Amte, champion of lepers and the handicapped in India, at age 93.

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