09 February In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, February 09 is the day number 40 in a given year. February 09 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1258	Hulagu Khan and the Mongols sacked and burned Baghdad, cultural and commercial centre of the Islamic world at the time, ending the rule of the Abbasid caliphate.
1649	Democracy began in Britain and Oliver Cromwell became President.
1742	Sir Robert Walpole, often referred to as the first British Prime Minister, was accepted as the First Earl of Orford.
1775	Britain declared its American colony of Massachusetts as a rebel.
1775	The British Parliament declared the Massachusetts Colony as a rebel.
1801	The Treaty of Lunville ended the Second Alliance War between France and Austria. The city of Aachen was officially annexed by France under the terms of the treaty.
1813	Prussia abolished the canton system.
1821	Columbia College was established in the District of Columbia by President Monroe.
1824	The famous nineteenth century Bengali poet and playwright Michael Madhusudan Dutta embraced Christianity.
1825	After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president.
1832	The Florida Legislative Council provided a city charter for Jacksonville, Florida.
1846	German engineer Wilhelm Maybach was born who started the luxury car brand Maybach.
1871	The Federal Fish Conservation Office was authorized by the US Congress.
1895	W. G. Morgan invented volleyball.
1913	A group of meteors was visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to concludethat the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
1920	The Svalbard Treaty was signed, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, but all signatories were also given equal rights to engage in commercial activities on the islands.
1931	The South Wales mining strike ended after a three-year peace deal.
1934	Former President Gaston Domergue became Prime Minister of France.
1943	World War II-Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ended the Guadalcanal Campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied Forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War.
1945	World War II-HMS Venturer sank U-864 in history's only incident where one submarine has intentionally sunk another while both were fully submerged.
1945	World War II-A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
1959	The Soviet R-7 Semyorka, the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, became fully operational.
1961	The Beatles first performed at the Kevin Club.
1964	English rock band The Beatles made their first appearance on American variety show The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.
1969	The Boeing 747 made its first flight, with test pilots Jack Waddell and Brien Wygle at the controls and Jess Wallick at the flight engineer's station.
1970	Great Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath was born. He took 563 wickets in 124 Tests and 381 wickets in 250 ODIs.
1971	A 6.6 Mw earthquake struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.
1971	Apollo 14 mission returned to Earth from the moon.
1975	The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 17 returned to Earth 29 days later from space.
1976	The Australian Defence Force was formed by the unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.
1979	The constitution was changed in the African country of Nigeria.
1992	In Algeria's parliamentary elections, after the overwhelming success of the faction of the Islamic trend, the incumbent soldiers canceled the results of the elections and declared the Algerian Islamic Liberation Front illegal.
1995	The covert called “Heiress” that was opened at the Court Theatre of the New York City allowed 340 performances to be performed.
1996	WYNY- FM that is in New York changes its calls to WKTU - FM in 1996.
1997	Deddue Reynold who was a renowned comedian was awarded the 11th American comedy award held in 1997.
1998	The assignation attempt that was passed on Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze failed to result as attempted.
2001	The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.
2002	The XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City called Utah or Quebec City in the year 2002.
2007	Pakistan's opposition party Jamayati Ulema Islami removed Jinnah from the list of freedom fighter.
2010	The Framer Philippine President Guerin Macapagal- arroyo and 196 others are charged with murder case relating to the Maguindanao massacre in November 2009.
2011	Wiki Leaks cables that Saudi Arabia has exaggerated its crude oil reserves by 40 % which is published by the Guardian.
2012	During Bankruptcy , a cost saving measure has been taken that do not allow Eastman Kodak Co reports to make digital Cameras , pocket video cameras and digital picture frames any longer.
2013	Annette Schavan who was the Germany federal minister of education and research, resigned from his post after she got stripped of her doctorate degree for plagiarism by the University of Dusseldorf.
2014	The country Switzerland gave votes to put forward a quota about the number of immigrants that comes to the country from the European Union and about 50 .4 % of the votes agreed to approve the measure.
2016	12 people were killed and 85 others injured when two trains collided in Bavaria province, Germany.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1931	For the first time in India, a stamp with a picture was released in honor of a person.
1951	In independent India, the list-making work was undertaken to conduct the first census.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1911	Babubhai J. Patel / Politician / India
1922	C. P. Krishnan Nair / Business Man / India
1929	A. R. Antulay / Politician / India
1940	Vishnu Khare / Writer / India
1942	Rajkumar Jayachandra Singh / Politician / India
1954	Surinder Kumar Jakhar / Industrialist / India
1958	Amrita Singh / Actress / India
1984	Udita Goswami / Actress / India

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