February 9

February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of the year (326 in leap years).

Events

• 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
• 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• 1654 – The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1788 – The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• 1825 – After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
• 1849 – New Roman Republic established
• 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1870 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• 1889 – US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• 1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
• 1900 – The Davis Cup competition is established.
• 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• 1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• 1920 – Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• 1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed.
• 1941 – World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy is struck by a bomb, but does not explode.
• 1942 – World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
• 1943 – World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
• 1945 – World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• 1950 – Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• 1951 – Korean War: Geochang massacre
• 1959 – The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
• 1965 – 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.
• 1969 – First test flight of the Boeing 747.
• 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 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
• 1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• 1986 – Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
• 1991 – Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
• 1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
• 2001 – The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
• 2009 – First winter ascent of Makalu by Simone Moro and Denis Urubko.
• 2013 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest Colombia causing major disruption to the region and injuring at least 15 people.
• 2016 – Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. At least ten people are dead, one person is missing and presumed dead, about 80 are injured.

Births

• 1441 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkish poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)
• 1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (d. 1611)
• 1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)
• 1711 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (d. 1762)
• 1737 – Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
• 1741 – Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
• 1747 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)
• 1763 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
• 1769 – George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1848)
• 1773 – William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
• 1775 – Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1856)
• 1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)
• 1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1852)
• 1789 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (d. 1849)
• 1800 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
• 1814 – Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
• 1815 – Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (d.1894)
• 1834 – Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)
• 1839 – Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)
• 1846 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (d. 1929)
• 1846 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (d. 1904)
• 1847 – Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (d. 1902)
• 1859 – Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (d. 1930)
• 1863 – Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1864 – Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
• 1865 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress (d. 1940)
• 1865 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (d. 1949)
• 1867 – Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)
• 1871 – Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)
• 1874 – Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)
• 1880 – Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)
• 1883 – Jules Berry, French actor and director (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)
• 1885 – Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (d. 1960)
• 1889 – Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)
• 1891 – Ronald Colman, English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress and singer (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987)
• 1895 – Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (d. 1959)
• 1896 – Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)
• 1898 – Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)
• 1901 – Brian Donlevy, Irish-American actor and producer (d. 1972)
• 1901 – James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
• 1902 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German activist (d. 1999)
• 1906 – André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (d. 1999)
• 1907 – Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
• 1909 – Heather Angel, English-American actress (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1955)
• 1909 – Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
• 1911 – William Orlando Darby, American general (d. 1945)
• 1912 – Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968)
• 1912 – Ginette Leclerc, French actress (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
• 1914 – Bill Veeck, American businessman (d. 1986)
• 1915 – Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1916 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1986)
• 1922 – C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Brendan Behan, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1964)
• 1923 – Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1925 – John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
• 1925 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Richard A. Long, American historian and author (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 1929 – A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (d. 2003)
• 1931 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1989)
• 1931 – Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter
• 1932 – Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager
• 1932 – Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer
• 1933 – Loris Azzaro, Tunisian-French fashion designer (d. 2003)
• 1934 – John Ziegler, Jr., American lawyer and businessman
• 1935 – Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
• 1936 – Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Clive Swift, English actor
• 1937 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
• 1939 – Janet Suzman, South African actress and director
• 1940 – Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter (The Shadows)
• 1940 – J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian linguist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician
• 1942 – Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1943 – Barbara Lewis, American singer-songwriter
• 1943 – Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speed skater
• 1943 – Joe Pesci, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1943 – Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 – Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host
• 1944 – Alice Walker, American author and poet
• 1945 – Mia Farrow, American actress and activist
• 1946 – Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster
• 1946 – Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy
• 1947 – Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
• 1947 – Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Flatlanders and Los Super Seven)
• 1947 – Major Harris, American singer (The Delfonics) (d. 2012)
• 1947 – Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor
• 1948 – Guy Standing, English economist and academic
• 1949 – Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist
• 1949 – Judith Light, American actress
• 1950 – Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician
• 1952 – Danny White, American football player and sportscaster
• 1953 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
• 1953 – Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
• 1953 – Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
• 1954 – Jo Duffy, American author
• 1954 – Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Gardner Rich & Co
• 1954 – Gina Rinehart, Australian businesswoman
• 1954 – Kevin Warwick, English engineer and academic
• 1955 – Jerry Beck, American historian and author
• 1955 – Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer (Sham 69, Sham Pistols, and Day 21)
• 1955 – Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
• 1956 – Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 – Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia
• 1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
• 1958 – Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
• 1960 – Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Big in Japan)
• 1960 – Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
• 1961 – John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
• 1963 – Brian Greene, American physicist and academic
• 1963 – Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 – Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
• 1965 – Dieter Baumann, German runner
• 1965 – Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter (The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths)
• 1966 – Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1968 – Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver
• 1969 – Tom Scharpling, American comedian and radio host
• 1969 – Ian Eagle, American sportscaster
• 1969 – Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1970 – Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1970 – Eldbjørg Raknes, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Sharon Case, American model and actress
• 1971 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Crispin Freeman, American voice actor and screenwriter
• 1973 – Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast
• 1973 – Colin Egglesfield, American actor
• 1973 – Shaun Parkes, English actor
• 1974 – Brad Maynard, American football player
• 1974 – Amber Valletta, American model
• 1974 – John Wallace, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
• 1975 – Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 1975 – Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1976 – Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Erin O'Connor, English model and actress
• 1979 – Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
• 1979 – Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
• 1979 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress, singer, and producer
• 1980 – Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress and gymnast
• 1981 – Rina Chinen, Japanese model, actress, and singer
• 1981 – Tom Hiddleston, English actor
• 1981 – John Walker Lindh, American criminal
• 1981 – The Rev, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, and Suburban Legends) (d. 2009)
• 1981 – Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
• 1982 – Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
• 1982 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1982 – Chris Weale, English footballer and manager
• 1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
• 1984 – Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
• 1984 – Han Geng, Chinese singer, actor, and dancer (Super Junior and Super Junior-M)
• 1984 – Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 – David Gallagher, American actor and producer
• 1986 – Princess Raiyah bint Hussein of Jordan
• 1987 – Sam Coulson, English guitarist (Asia)
• 1987 – Michael B. Jordan, American actor
• 1987 – Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
• 1987 – Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
• 1988 – Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
• 1989 – Gia Farrell, American singer-songwriter
• 1989 – Wu Jia-qing, Taiwanese pool player
• 1990 – Tyson Houseman, Canadian actor
• 1990 – Camille Winbush, American actress and singer
• 1992 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor, singer, and dancer
• 1993 – Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
• 1995 – André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1996 – Jimmy Bennett, American actor and singer
• 1996 – Kelli Berglund, American actress, singer, and dancer

Deaths

• 967 – Sayf al-Dawla, Syrian ruler (b. 916)
• 1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (b. 950)
• 1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
• 1450 – Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
• 1555 – John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
• 1555 – Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
• 1588 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
• 1619 – Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
• 1670 – Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
• 1675 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
• 1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
• 1777 – Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
• 1803 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
• 1857 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 – Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian philosopher, journalist, and author (b. 1821)
• 1891 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1930 – Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 – Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1932 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1951 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 – Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
• 1966 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)
• 1969 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Max Yasgur, American farmer, owned the site of the Woodstock Festival (b. 1919)
• 1976 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1977 – Alia al-Hussein, Egyptian wife of Hussein of Jordan (b. 1948)
• 1977 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
• 1978 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 1979 – Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
• 1980 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1981 – M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
• 1981 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
• 1984 – Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1991 – James Cleveland, American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Caravans) (b. 1931)
• 1994 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
• 1995 – J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 1995 – David Wayne, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943)
• 1998 – Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Bryan Mosley, English actor (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the windscreen wiper (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Christopher Hyatt American occultist and author (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
• 2009 – Eluana Englaro, Italian medical patient (b. 1970)
• 2009 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1933)
• 2010 – Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (b. 1956)
• 2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)
• 2012 – O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2012 – John Hick, English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (Nero and the Gladiators) (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
• 2013 – Afzal Guru, Indian terrorist (b. 1969)
• 2013 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Mauro Pane, Italian race car driver (b. 1963)
• 2014 – Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Abdul Rauf Aliza, Afghan commander (b. 1981)
• 2015 – Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965)
• 2015 – Drew McDonald, Scottish wrestler (b. 1955)
• 2015 – Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
• 2016 – Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Anne Catherine Emmerich
  • Ansbert of Rouen
  • Apollonia
  • Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire
  • St. Maroun's Day (Maronite Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, public holiday in Lebanon)
  • Miguel Febres Cordero
  • Teilo (Wales)
  • February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Clean Monday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of Great Lent. (Eastern Christianity)
• Earliest day on which People's Sunday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent. (Malta)

External links

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