February 9 in History

Historical Events on February 9

474

Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
951

The Northern Han Kingdom is founded by Liu Chong in modern-day Shanxi.
1555

Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
1621

Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
1654

The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
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 candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
1849

The new Roman Republic is 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.
1870

US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
1889

US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
1895

William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
1900

The Davis Cup competition is established.
1904

Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
1913

A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
1920

Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
1922

Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1934

The Balkan Entente is formed.
1941

World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
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: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
1945

World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
1950

Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
1951

Korean War: Geochang massacre
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 across the USA.
1965

The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
1971

The 6.5-6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
1971

Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971

Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
1975

The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
1978

The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1986

Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
1991

Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
1996

The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
1996

Copernicium is first discovered.
2016

Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people died, and 85 others were injured.

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