What Day of the Week

February 9, 2021 was the 40^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 325 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1885

  The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii.
• 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.
• 1934

  The Balkan Entente is formed.
• 1945

  World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• 1951

  Geochang massacre: Korean War
• 1967

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• 1971

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

• 1533

  Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
• 1865

  Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
• 1874

  Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
• 1910

  Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
• 1944

  Alice Walker, American writer
• 1947

  Joe Ely, American musician
• 1955

  Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
• 1969

  Tom Scharpling, American radio-host
• 1980

  Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
• 1981

  John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter

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