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.

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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

  • 1775 –
    American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
  • 1788 –
    The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
  • 1885 –
    The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii.
  • 1904 –
    Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
  • 1934 –
    The Balkan Entente is formed.
  • 1942 –
    World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
  • 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: 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.
  • 1950 –
    Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
  • 1959 –
    The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
  • 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.
  • 1967 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
  • 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.
  • 1991 –
    Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
  • 1995 –
    Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
  • 2001 –
    The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.

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