What Day of the Week

February 9, 2020 was the 40^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 326 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 1870

  President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• 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.
• 1934

  The Balkan Entente is formed.
• 1945

  World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• 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.
• 1973

  Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
• 1995

  Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
• 2001

  The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
• 2005

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.

• 1871

  Howard Taylor Ricketts, American bacteriologist. (d. 1910)
• 1931

  Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
• 1940

  Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows)
• 1945

  Mia Farrow, American actress
• 1946

  Jim Webb, American politician, senior senator of Virginia
• 1969

  Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1972

  Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• 1978

  Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
• 1987

  Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
• 1989

  Gia Farrell, American singer

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