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- 0474 Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1267 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
- 1499 France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
- 1537 Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
- 1540 The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
- 1554 Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
- 1555 Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
- 1574 Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
- 1621 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV
- 1621 Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
- 1674 English re-conquer New York from Netherlands
- 1682 Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved," premieres in London
- 1742 British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
- 1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews)
- 1760 In Louisbourg Nova Scotia, Captain John Byron 1723-1786 starts tearing down the fortifications of Louisbourg on orders from British PM William Pitt
- 1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion
- 1788 Austria declares war on Russia
- 1788 The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
- 1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, West Indies
- 1801 France & Austrian sign Peace of Lunéville
- 1807 French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
- 1822 American Indian Society organizes
- 1822 Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic.
- 1825 After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
- 1825 John Quincy Adams is elected U.S. president by the House of Representatives when no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.
- 1849 Roman Republic declared
- 1861 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
- 1861 Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & Vice President of CSA
- 1861 Tennessee votes against secession
- 1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
- 1867 Nebraska becomes 37th US state
- 1870 Grant signs the bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service
- 1870 The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
- 1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
- 1877 US weather service established
- 1885 The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii
- 1886 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
- 1891 First shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento
- 1893 Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
- 1895 Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
- 1900 Davis Cup competition is established.
- 1900 Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
- 1904 Battle of Port Arthur
- 1906 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
- 1909 First federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
- 1909 The first forestry school is incorporated at Kent OH
- 1913 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
- 1916 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
- 1918 Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA
- 1920 By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
- 1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
- 1922 Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1922 Italian government of Bonomi falls
- 1922 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
- 1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines established
- 1924 Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
- 1925 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
- 1925 Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
- 1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta GA schools
- 1929 USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact
- 1932 America enter Olympics 2-man bobsled competition for first time
- 1932 US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing NY)
- 1933 -63ºF (-53ºC), Moran WY (state record)
- 1934 -14.3ºF (-25.8ºC), coldest day in New York City NY
- 1934 -51ºF (-46ºC), Vanderbilt MI (state record)
- 1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania)
- 1934 The Balkan Entente is formed.
- 1939 Belgian Spaak government falls
- 1940 Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1941 Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish café Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)
- 1942 Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States.
- 1942 On 9 February 1942, soap rationing began in Britain.
- 1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
- 1942 World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
- 1943 FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
- 1943 German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp
- 1943 Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
- 1943 The southwest Pacific island of Guadalcanal is liberated by American forces, as the U.S. defeats Japan in this epic WWII battle.
- 1943 World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 1944 U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland
- 1945 Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
- 1945 The Battle of the Atlantic the HMS Venturer sinking U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway.
- 1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
- 1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia PA
- 1950 Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
- 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists
- 1951 The Royal Commission on Transportation, the Turgeon Commission produces its report.
- 1953 "The Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
- 1953 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
- 1954 Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy
- 1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law
- 1955 US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
- 1956 -5ºF (15ºC) in Sicily
- 1956 In Montreal Gaspe prospector Wilbert Coffin, age 41, hanged at Bordeaux prison for the murder of an American hunter
- 1956 R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
- 1959 Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2
- 1960 Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
- 1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
- 1963 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
- 1963 First flight of Boeing 727 jet
- 1963 Visitor posting - February 9 1963 Ronn's B-day
- 1963 Visitor posting - Fariba was born - USA
- 1964 9th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria
- 1964 GI Joe character created
- 1964 Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs England on debut at Delhi
- 1964 The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
- 1964 The premier appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
- 1965 Visitor posting - Richie Cole was born
- 1965 Visitor posting - Debbie Marie Stipetic (NOT Debra) was born to Donna and Frank Stipetic - USA
- 1966 Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
- 1966 The NHL - National Hockey League announces it is doubling in size with a new West Division and six new teams
- 1967 In Colombia a 6.75 earthquake killed ninety-eight people and widespread property damage was sustained in Huila, Tolima, and Caqueta Provinces, south of Bogota
- 1968 Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix
- 1969 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes first commercial flight
- 1971 Apollo 14, and its crew of three astronauts, returns to Earth after America's third lunar landing mission.
- 1971 Probably first gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
- 1971 San Fernando, California an earthquake measuring 6.5 lasted about 60 seconds, took 65 lives, injured more than 2,000, and caused property damage estimated at $505 million
- 1971 Satchel Paige becomes first negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
- 1972 British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
- 1972 UK hist Power workers crisis
- 1973 Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
- 1974 "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
- 1974 Visitor posting - Feb 9 1974 Robert Vincent Berger II, the youngest of six children is born to Raymond and Patricia Berger
- 1975 The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
- 1975 USS Enterprise responded to calls for disaster relief from the island nation of Mauritius which was struck on by Typhoon Cervaise
- 1976 In Los Angeles conductor arranger Percy Faith dies at age 67
- 1978 Ottawa orders 11 Soviet embassy officials deported for allegedly trying to infiltrate the RCMP Security Service
- 1978 Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City FL; later executed
- 1978 The first satellite of the new Navy Fleet Satellite Communications System was launched. This system satisfies the need for worldwide tactical command control and communications for the entire fleet.
- 1979 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
- 1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
- 1979 Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
- 1979 Nigeria amends constitution
- 1981 Bill Haley, dynamic rock 'n roll singer of Bill Haley and the Comets, dies in Harlingen, Texas, at age 55.
- 1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s
- 1984 Russian leader Yuri V. Andropov dies at age 69.
- 1985 Number one hit on UK music charts - Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
- 1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun), during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century.
- 1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen
- 1986 Visitor posting - Feb 9 1986 kyawswar's birthday
- 1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
- 1987 New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
- 1988 Visitor posting - Shenna Mallais born - Canada
- 1989 Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
- 1990 "The Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
- 1990 Bottles of Perrier water are voluntarily recalled in the U.S. after benzene is detected in a small number of bottles.
- 1990 Visitor posting - Brianna arrived in the world - USA
- 1990 Galileo flies by Venus
- 1990 Namibia's constitution ratified
- 1991 "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
- 1991 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice & beats him
- 1991 Voters in Lithuania vote for independence
- 1991 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
- 1992 Visitor posting - Kirstyn Walker was born - USA
- 1992 Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 second by Thomas School of Germany
- 1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
- 1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
- 1994 Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
- 1995 Former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright dies in Washington, D.C. at age 89.
- 1995 Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Jasmin marie ...A beautiful baby girl was born
- 1996 The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
- 1997 11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds
- 1997 Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
- 1997 Scotty Bowman, is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games
- 1998 Visitor posting - Jeffery Bridges is born into God's family - USA
- 2001 The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
- 2008 Visitor posting - Leighton and Julie get married at Monmouth Boys School Chapel
- 2009 Visitor posting - We celebrate my Mom's 80th Birthday!!
- 2010 Visitor posting - Jeffery Bridges/Greeneville TN is 12 years old today - USA
- 2010 Visitor posting - Ezekiel Allen Kruger born - USA
- 2011 Visitor posting - Zach Ellis of Michigan will be 13 years old! - USA
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