About February 9
February 9, 2025 is the 40th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Are you looking for a day of the week calculator? Try it on any date like anniversaries, birthday of someone you know, or any other date that is special to you. You can even try it on historical dates. For example: February 9
(Sponsored by DayOfTheWeek.org)
Aquarius is the sun 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 373 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 9
- 1621 –Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- 1825 –After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1895 –William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
- 1922 –Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1942 –Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
- 1943 –World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 1945 –World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
- 1945 –World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic – HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
- 1964 –The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
- 1969 –First test flight of the Boeing 747.
- 1971 –Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
- 1971 –Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1971 –The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
- 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.
- 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.
Do you drink coffee? Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Try this! Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters KCEDOLLEILPSI? Check your answers here: Word scramble KCEDOLLEILPSI. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Share or Link to This Page: