February 9

February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . The following 325 days (326 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1942 - The great liner SS Normandie catches fire, capsizes and sinks in the port of New York during the conversion to a troopship.
 * 1971 - An earthquake takes in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles sixty lives.

One of the first vehicles of the Rotterdam metro.
 * Economy
 * 1982 - 2700 employees will lose their jobs when the shipyard Cockerill Yards in Belgium Hoboken goes bankrupt.
 * 1998 - Supermarket chain Albert Heijn introduces the Bonus card .
 * Infrastructure
 * 1968 - The first metro line in Rotterdam of the Benelux and also open smallest in the world by Princess Beatrix and her husband.
 * 1971 - In the southern German Aitrang get 28 people died at 18:44 pm as NS / SBB TEE trainset Ram 501 with a high speed through a tight S-bend races, and runs off the rails.


 * Media
 * 1934 - The first blockbuster of the Dutch sound film, " The Jantjes 'premieres.
 * 1964 - Seventy million viewers see the Ed Sullivan Show the first appearance of The Beatles on American television .


 * Music
 * 2015 - The British singer-songwriter Sam Smith wins four awards at the 57th ceremony of the Grammy Awards . The American singer Beck , Beyonce and Pharrell Williams won three awards each.


 * Politics
 * 474 - Zeno is co-emperor ( Augustus appointed). He regent and guardian of his son Leo II, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire .
 * 1861 - Jefferson Davis is elected as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America .
 * 1904 - France and Britain join the Entente Cordiale .
 * 1946 - Labour Party was founded.


 * Religion
 * 1592 - Coronation of Pope Clement VIII in Rome .
 * 1621 - Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi elected Pope Gregory XV .
 * 2004 - Eleazar ben tzedakah follows Saloum Cohen as Samaritan high priest.


 * Sport
 * 1896 - The first World Cup skating (men only) will take place in St. Petersburg in Russia .
 * 1977 - The Dutch football team beats England in a friendly match at Wembley , London 0-2.
 * 1997 - Denis Pankratov improves in Paris and his own four-day-old world record in the 100m butterfly short course (25 meter): 51.78.
 * 2011 - The Dutch football team beats Austria in a friendly match in Eindhoven 3-1.
 * 2014 - During the Winter Olympics in Sochi wins the Dutch skater Ireen Wüst gold in the 3,000 meters .


 * Science and Technology
 * 1921 - In Poland dies last in the wild live bison . In the early 21st century, the European bison was reintroduced and he comes in the wild. [1]
 * 1969 - First flight of the Boeing 747 -100. [2]
 * 1996 - In Darmstadt is first Copernicium (formerly ununbium) created. This is the 112 th element in the periodic table .
 * 2007 - KPN stops Netherlands after 74 years with the telex -dienstverlening.

Born [ edit ]
Aletta Jacobs, born Feb. 9. 1854 (from archives of "The Library of Congress")

Rinus Michels, born Feb. 9. 1928

Mia Farrow (1980), born Feb. 9.1945

Gerard Lenorman, born Feb. 9.1945

Zhang Ziyi, born Feb. 9. 1979

Tom Hiddleston, born Feb. 9. 1981
 * 1404 - Constantine XI Palaiologos, last emperor of the Byzantine Empire (deceased in 1453 )
 * 1602 - Franciscus van den Enden, Flemish Jesuit, free thinker and mentor of Spinoza (deceased in 1674 )
 * 1773 - William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States (deceased in 1841 )
 * 1830 - Abdülaziz Ottoman sultan (deceased in 1876 )
 * 1837 - José Burgos, Filipino priest and martyr (deceased in 1872 )
 * 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German machine manufacturer (deceased in 1929 )
 * 1854 - Aletta Jacobs, Dutch first female doctor (deceased in 1929 )
 * 1873 - Maurits Sabbe, Flemish writer (deceased in 1938 )
 * 1884 - Carel Gerretson, Dutch poet and politician (deceased in 1958 )
 * 1890 - Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (deceased in 1963 )
 * 1891 - Pietro Nenni, Italian socialist politician (deceased in 1980 )
 * 1900 - Renaat Grassin (Ketje), Flemish Brussels comedian (deceased in 1964 )
 * 1908 - Hilda van Stockum, English children's author (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Portuguese singer and actress (deceased in 1955 )
 * 1911 - Georges Danloy, Belgian General (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1912 - Jan Boots, Dutch presenter (deceased in 1980 )
 * 1914 - Bruce Metzger, American Bible Scientist (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1917 - Joseph Conombo, Burkinese politician (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish writer and poet (deceased in 1964 )
 * 1924 - Anton Heyboer, Dutch painter (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, Irish politician (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1927 - Masayoshi Nagata, Japanese mathematician (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1928 - Herman Pieter de Boer, Dutch writer, songwriter and journalist (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1928 - Frank Frazetta, American illustrator (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1928 - Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and football coach (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1929 - Howard Kanovitz, American artist (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1929 - William Kersters, Belgian composer and music educator (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
 * 1931 - Helcio Milito, Brazilian drummer, percussionist and singer in the genres of samba and bossa nova (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1935 - Annemie Heymans, Dutch children's author (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1937 - Tony Maggs, South African racing driver (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1939 - Janet Suzman, South African actress
 * 1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African writer
 * 1940 - William Vermandere, Flemish singer
 * 1941 - Dick Rienstra, Dutch actor and singer
 * 1942 - Carole King, American singer
 * 1942 - Dick Rienstra, Dutch actor and singer
 * 1943 - Jonny Nilsson, Swedish skater
 * 1943 - Joe Pesci, American comedian, actor and singer
 * 1943 - Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and Nobel laureate
 * 1944 - Alice Walker, American author of the book The Color Purple
 * 1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress
 * 1945 - Gérard Lenorman, French singer
 * 1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer
 * 1947 - Ticio Escobar, Paraguayan art critic, curator and Secretary
 * 1947 - Boris Gulko, American chess player
 * 1953 - Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
 * 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
 * 1956 - Cynthia Ortega, Dutch (-Antilliaans) officer, advisor and politician
 * 1957 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and football manager
 * 1957 - Jaco Van Dormael, Belgian filmmaker
 * 1958 - Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
 * 1958 - Cyrille Regis, English footballer
 * 1959 - Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabonese politician and president
 * 1960 - Holly Johnson, British singer ( Frankie Goes to Hollywood )
 * 1962 - Teesta Setalvad, Indian journalist, publisher and human rights defender
 * 1963 - Lolo Ferrari, French dancer and (porn) actress (deceased in 2000 )
 * 1965 - Christian Schenk, German decathlete more
 * 1966 - Christoph Maria Herbst, German actor and voice artist
 * 1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
 * 1968 - Robert Eenhoorn, Dutch baseball and baseball coach
 * 1969 - Bert Dietz, German cyclist and sports director
 * 1969 - Pavel Tonkov, Russian cyclist
 * 1970 - Isabel Gillies, American actress
 * 1970 - Franky Ribbens, Dutch screenwriter and actor
 * 1970 - Branko Strupar, Croatian soccer
 * 1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
 * 1971 - Annelies Storms, Flemish politician
 * 1,971 2 thousand and One, Dutch DJ and producer
 * 1974 - Jordi Cruyff, Dutch-Spanish footballer, son of Johan Cruyff
 * 1975 - Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist
 * 1975 - Sander Dekker, Dutch politician
 * 1975 - Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
 * 1976 - Dani Martín, Spanish singer
 * 1977 - Jurgen Van de Walle, Belgian cyclist
 * 1978 - Mark Tullo, Chilean golfer
 * 1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
 * 1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
 * 1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
 * 1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
 * 1981 - Tom Hiddleston, British actor
 * 1981 - Josh Ross, Australian athlete
 * 1981 - James Owen Sullivan, American drummer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1981 - Leonard Scott, American athlete
 * 1982 - Guillaume Devos, Flemish actor
 * 1982 - Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
 * 1985 - Jon Karthaus, Dutch actor, singer and director
 * 1986 - Marieke D'Cruz, Australian swimmer
 * 1988 - Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
 * 1990 - Nathan Johnstone, Australian snowboarder
 * 1990 - Pablo Sánchez López, Mexican racing driver
 * 1991 - Teo Pouzbouris, Greek singer
 * 1992 - Avan Jogia, Canadian actor and singer
 * 1993 - Mitchell Dijk, Dutch footballer
 * 1994 - Lucas Eguibar, Spanish snowboarder
 * 1995 - Nadine Visser, Dutch athlete
 * 1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor
 * 1996 - Darcy Sharpe, Canadian snowboarder

Deceased [ edit ]
Fyodor Dostoyevsky by Vasily Perov, 1872, deceased Feb 9. 1881

Sophie Tucker, deceased Feb 9.1966
 * 1675 - Gerrit Dou (61), Dutch painter
 * 1860 - William Edmond Dam Isselt (43), Dutch politician and poet
 * 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (59), Russian writer
 * 1891 - Johan Barthold Jongkind (71), Dutch-French painter
 * 1897 - George Price Boyce (70), English painter
 * 1900 - Paul Jean Clays (82), Belgian painter
 * 1914 - Bart van Hove (63), Dutch sculptor and professor
 * 1927 - Charles Doolittle Walcott (76), American paleontologist
 * 1939 - Augusta de Wit (75), Dutch writer
 * 1944 - Walter Heitz (65), German General
 * 1945 - George Maduro, (28) Jewish-Dutch soldier and resistance fighter
 * 1948 - Jan Prins (72), Dutch poet and translator
 * 1948 - Karl Valentin (65), German writer and comedian
 * 1959 - Karl Mauss (60), German General
 * 1960 - Enrique Canto, Cuban revolutionary (?)
 * 1961 - Oscar Egg (70), Swiss cyclist
 * 1964 - Ary Barroso (60), Brazilian composer
 * 1964 - Henri Wijnmalen (74), Dutch pilot and aviation pioneer
 * 1966 - Sophie Tucker (80), American entertainer
 * 1969 - Manuel Plaza (68), Chilean marathon runner
 * 1974 - Henrik Samuel Nyberg (84), Swedish orientalist
 * 1976 - Percy Faith (69), American composer and conductor
 * 1977 - Sergey Ilyushin (82) Soviet-Russian aircraft
 * 1977 - Gerrit Roorda (86), Dutch communist
 * 1981 - Bill Haley (55), American singer
 * 1984 - Yuri Andropov (69), Russian party leader (1982-1984)
 * 1987 - Costante Girardengo (93) Italian cyclist
 * 1987 - Leo Turksma (81), Dutch boxer
 * 1996 - Adolf Galland (83), German fighter pilot and General
 * 1997 - Brian Connelly (51), British pop singer ( The Sweet )
 * 2001 - Herbert Simon (84), U.S. mathematical
 * 2002 - Princess Margaret (71), sister of Queen Elizabeth II of England
 * 2003 - Herma Bauma (88), Austrian athlete
 * 2004 - Mechtilde Mechelen (26) Flemish actress
 * 2006 - Freddie Laker (83), British aviation pioneer and entrepreneur
 * 2006 - Charles Wolfe (62), U.S. musicologist
 * 2007 - Alejandro Finisterre (87), Spanish poet
 * 2007 - Harry Lockefeer (68), Dutch journalist, former editor of the Volkskrant
 * 2007 - Kostas Paskalis (77), Greek opera singer
 * 2007 - Ian Richardson (72), Scottish actor
 * 2007 - Bruno Ruffo (86), Italian motorcycle racer
 * 2008 - Guy Tchingoma (22), Gabonese footballer
 * 2008 - Show Weijnen (98), Dutch linguist
 * 2009 - Robert Anderson (91), American playwright and screenwriter
 * 2009 - Ulrike Apel-Haefs (57), German politician
 * 2009 - Kazys Bradūnas (91), Lithuanian poet
 * 2009 - Vic Lewis (89), British jazz band leader
 * 2009 - Orlando Lopez (76), Cuban bassist
 * 2010 - Davy Coenen (29), Belgian mountain biker
 * 2010 - Walter Frederick Morrison (90), American inventor of the Frisbee
 * 2013 - Richard Artschwager (89), American sculptor and painter
 * 2014 - Gabriel Axel (95), Danish film director
 * 2014 - Jan Groenendijk (67), Dutch footballer

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * Chinese New Year, Year of the Dog 2006
 * Rotary Club founded Maarssen Breukelen (1951)
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Holy Appolonia (of Alexandria) († c. 249 )
 * Blessed Miguel Febres Cordero († 1910 )
 * Holy Ansbert Rouen († 695 )
 * Holy Alto Altomünster († c. 760 )
 * Blessed Marianus Scotus († 1088 )

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [3]
 * 1986 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -8.8 ° C
 * 2002 - Highest mean daily temperature is 10.5 ° C
 * 1996 - Lowest minimum temperature -14.1 ° C
 * 1912 - Highest maximum temperature 13.9 ° C
 * 1948 - Highest hourly average wind speed of 17.5 m / s
 * 1930 - Longest sunshine duration 8.7 hours
 * 1953 - Longest rainfall duration 12.6 hours
 * 1946 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 13.6 mm
 * 1917 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 51%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [4] Extraordinary events [5]
 * 1845 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -7.3 ° C
 * 1899 - Highest mean daily temperature is 14.5 ° C
 * 1917 - Lowest minimum temperature -12.4 ° C
 * 1899 - Highest maximum temperature 18.3 ° C
 * 1966 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 16.6 mm
 * 1953 - 1.15 meters of snow in Botrange (Waimes), thickest layer of snow of the century in Belgium.