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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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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• 474

  Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1555

  Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
• 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.
• 1900

  The Davis Cup competition is established.
• 1965

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

  Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
• 1973

  Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
• 1975

  The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• 2005

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

• 1747

  John Thomas Duckworth, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1817)
• 1901

  Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972)
• 1926

  Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 2011)
• 1928

  Frank Frazetta, American illustrator (d. 2010)
• 1928

  Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
• 1928

  Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 1929

  Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1949

  Judith Light, American actress
• 1969

  Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1989

  Gia Farrell, American singer

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