What Day of the Week

February 9, 2020 was the 40^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 326 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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.
• 1895

  William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
• 1904

  Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• 1945

  World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• 1964

  The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
• 1967

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

  Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1975

  The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• 1996

  The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18 month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London’s Canary Wharf.
• 2001

  The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.

• 1775

  Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856)
• 1932

  Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player
• 1937

  Tomislav Gotovac, Croatian movie director, actor, performer, multimedia and conceptual artist (d. 2010.)
• 1942

  Carole King, American singer
• 1961

  Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
• 1967

  Todd Pratt, American baseball player
• 1968

  Rahul Roy, Indian actor
• 1980

  Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
• 1987

  Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
• 1988

  Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer

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