Historical Events and Current Affairs on February 9

1267: Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
1499: France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
1537: Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
1540: The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
1554: Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
1574: Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1621: Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)
1667: Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
1674: English reconquer NY from Netherlands
1682: Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved," premieres in London
1742: British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
1744: Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
1775: English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
1788: Austria declares war on Russia
1799: USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
1801: France & Austrian sign Peace of Lun‚ville
1807: French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
1822: American Indian Society organizes
1825: House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president
1849: Roman Republic declared
1861: Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US
1861: Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
1861: Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA
1861: Tennessee votes against secession
1863: Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
1867: Nebraska becomes 37th US state
1870: US Army establishes US National Weather Service
1871: Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
1885: 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1886: anti-Chinese violence
1886: Pres Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of
1891: 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
1893: Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
1893: Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan
1895: 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
1895: Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1904: Japan declares war on Russia
1906: Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
1909: 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1909: 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio
1913: -18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
1916: Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
1916: NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club
1916: player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1918: Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va
1918: Sacha Guitry's "Deburan," premieres in Paris
1920: International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
1920: Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
1922: Italian govt of Bonomi falls
1922: Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
1923: Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms
1924: Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
1925: German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
1925: Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
1926: Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
1929: USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact
1932: America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
1932: US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY)
1933: -63øF (-53øC), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
1934: -14.3øF (-25.7øC), coldest day in New York City
1934: -51øF (-46øC), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)
1934: Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania)
1935: US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1935: US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1939: Belgian Spaak govt falls
1940: Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1941: (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)
1941: British troops conquer El Agheila
1941: Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish caf‚ Alcazar Amsterdam
1942: Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
1942: Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1942: Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
1943: FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1943: German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp
1943: Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
1943: Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
1943: NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
1944: U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland
1945: -Feb 10] Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
1945: WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
1946: Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1947: Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila
1948: WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950: Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists
1951: St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
1953: "Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
1953: Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
1953: General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA
1953: WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
1954: Mario Scelba forms new govt in Italy
1955: Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law
1955: US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
1956: -5øF (15øC) in Sicily
1956: KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1956: R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
1959: Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2
1960: AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1961: Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
1962: Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
1962: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963: 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
1963: 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
1964: 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
1964: 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1964: GI Joe character created
1964: Hanumant Singh scores 105 India v England on debut at Delhi
1964: NYC news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
1966: Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
1968: Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix
1969: Boeing 747 made its 1st commercial flight
1969: KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1969: World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1971: Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1971: Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
1971: Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 & causes over $«B damage
1971: Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
1972: Brit Govt declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
1974: "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1974: "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24
1974: US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1974: US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1975: Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1976: Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
1979: 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
1979: ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
1979: Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
1979: Nigeria amends constitution
1980: Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
1982: 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
1983: Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1984: "Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
1985: Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1986: 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
1986: Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
1986: Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
1986: Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1986: Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
1986: West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1987: Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1987: NY Stock Exch installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
1988: 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St Louis
1988: NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
1989: Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989: Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
1990: "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
1990: Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13)
1990: Galileo flies by Venus
1990: Namibia's constitution ratified
1991: "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
1991: Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
1991: Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice & beats him
1991: US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1991: Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
1992: "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 perfs
1992: 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
1992: Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ
1992: Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
1992: Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
1992: NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
1993: Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
1994: Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
1995: "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
1995: Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
1996: WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
1997: 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
1997: 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
1997: animated series in cartoon history
1997: Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running
1997: Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am
1997: Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
1997: Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
1998: 6th annual ESPY Awards
1998: Failed assassination attempt on Georgian Pres Eduard Shevardnadze

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