What Day of the Week

February 9, 2019 was the 40^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 325 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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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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• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 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.
• 1959

  The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• 1965

  Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
• 1971

  Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1973

  Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
• 1991

  Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
• 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.

• 1756

  Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
• 1789

  Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
• 1865

  Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
• 1892

  Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1926

  Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 2011)
• 1947

  Joe Ely, American musician
• 1952

  Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
• 1954

  Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
• 1970

  Krister Linder, Swedish musician
• 1985

  Rachel Melvin, American actress

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