On This Day: 9 February

9 February in world history

• 2025The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.
• 2020Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.
• 2001The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor.
• 1996Breaking 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.
• 1971An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.
• 1965Vietnam War: 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.
• 1964As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.
• 1961The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg.
• 1951Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea.
• 1950Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• 1945World War II: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førde Fjord, Norway.
• 1943World 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.
• 1941World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• 1934The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey.
• 1929Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• 1913A 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.
• 1861American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1825After 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 as president in a contingent election.

Born on 9 February

• 1981Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
• 1981John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member
• 1937Fazle Haque, Bengali state ministerIndia
• 1929A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2014)India
• 1922C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (died 2014)India
• 1891Ronald Colman, English-American actor (died 1958)

Died on 9 February

• 2013Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (born 1913)
• 2012O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)India
• 1981M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1900)India
• 1857Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (born 1798)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 9 February in history?

2025: The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system. 2020: Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam. 2001: The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor. 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.

Which famous people were born on 9 February?

Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler (1981); John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member (1981); Fazle Haque, Bengali state minister (1937); A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2014) (1929).

Which day is observed on 9 February?

Alto of Altomünster; Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich; Ansbert of Rouen; Apollonia; Bracchio.