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Historical events on February 9

FEBRUARY 9, 2001
The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.
USS Greeneville is a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), and the only vessel in United States Navy history to be named Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1942
The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Kranji as part of their campaign to capture Singapore.
The Imperial Japanese Army was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1923
Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia as leader of the country's first Coalition government.
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne was an Australian politician, statesman and businessman who served as the eighth prime minister Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Two commuter trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.
On 9 February 2016, two Meridian-branded passenger trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling, Germany. Of approximately 150 people on board the two Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1799
Quasi-War: USS Constellation captured the French frigate Insurgente in a single-ship action in the Caribbean Sea.
The Quasi-War was an undeclared war from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1920
The Svalbard Treaty was signed in Paris, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
The Svalbard Treaty recognises the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, at the time called Spitsbergen. The exercise of Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1996
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.
The GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research is a federally and state co-funded heavy ion (Schwerion) research center in Darmstadt, Germany. Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1861
American Civil War: Jefferson Davis was named the provisional president of the Confederate States of America.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1945
World War II: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førde Fjord, Norway.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1855
A series of hoof-like marks in the snow continuing through the countryside for some 40 to 100 miles (60 to 160 km) were discovered in Devon, England.
The Devil's Footprints was a phenomenon that occurred during February 1855 around the Exe Estuary in east and south Devon, England. After Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1950
U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 employees of the State Department of being communists, sparking a period of strong anti-communist sentiment known as McCarthyism.
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1234
Caizhou, the capital of the Jin dynasty, was captured by the Mongol Empire and their Song allies, bringing an end to Jurchen rule.
The Jin dynasty, officially known as the Great Jin, was a Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China and empire ruled by the Wanyan Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1943
World War II: Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ending the Guadalcanal campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1996
Breaking a seventeen-month ceasefire, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a powerful truck bomb in the London Docklands, killing two people and injuring more than a hundred others.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army, officially known as the Irish Republican Army and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1975
The spacecraft and crew of the Soviet Soyuz 17 mission returned to earth after 29 days in orbit at the Salyut 4 station.
Soyuz 17 was the first of two long-duration missions to the Soviet Union's Salyut 4 space station in 1975. The flight by Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1825
After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the previous year's presidential election, the United States House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams (pictured) as president in a contingent election.
In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1964
As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles (pictured) made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.
Beatlemania was the fanaticism surrounding the English rock band the Beatles from 1963 to 1966. The group's popularity grew in the United Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1971
An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.
The 1971 San Fernando earthquake occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1976
The Australian Defence Force was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia and its national interests. It consists of Read More
FEBRUARY 9, 1913
A meteor procession was observed along a great circle arc from Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
A meteor procession occurs when an Earth-grazing meteor breaks apart, and the fragments travel across the sky in the same path. According Read More

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