What Day of the Week

February 9, 2023 was the 40^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 325 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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.

• 1621

  Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• 1788

  The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• 1825

  After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
• 1849

  New Roman Republic established
• 1895

  William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
• 1920

  Under the terms of the Spitsbergen 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.
• 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.
• 1965

  Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
• 1967

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.

• 1763

  Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
• 1775

  Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856)
• 1839

  Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
• 1891

  Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958)
• 1893

  Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister (d. 1987)
• 1906

  André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
• 1954

  Kevin Warwick, cyborg scientist
• 1962

  Anik Bissonnette, French-Canadian ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)
• 1983

  Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
• 1985

  David Gallagher, American actor

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