What Day of the Week

February 9, 2018 was the 40^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 325 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.

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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• 1621

  Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1964

  The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
• 1971

  The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
• 2005

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

• 1666

  George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737)
• 1756

  Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
• 1885

  Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
• 1901

  Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972)
• 1931

  Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
• 1944

  Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality
• 1949

  Judith Light, American actress
• 1950

  Richard F. Colburn, American politician
• 1954

  Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor
• 1966

  Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete

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