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

  • 1555 –
    Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
  • 1775 –
    American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
  • 1788 –
    The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
  • 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.
  • 1885 –
    The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii.
  • 1889 –
    President Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • 1900 –
    The Davis Cup competition is established.
  • 1922 –
    Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
  • 1934 –
    The Balkan Entente is formed.
  • 1942 –
    Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
  • 1950 –
    Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
  • 1951 –
    Geochang massacre: Korean War
  • 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 –
    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.
  • 1995 –
    Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
  • 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.

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