A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
February 9: Day of the Week
February 9, 2024 was the 40th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 326 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
February 9 Historical Event(s)
1621
Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
1788
The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
1889
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.
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.
1943
World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1950
Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
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.
2005
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 9?
1645
Johann Aegidius Bach, German violist (d. 1716)
1747
John Thomas Duckworth, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1817)
1748
Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
1834
Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912)
1865
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
1892
Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
1932
Gerhard Richter, German painter
1942
Carole King, American singer
1955
Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
1975
Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
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