Page 9: Historical Events In February - 09

1980  Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106 on February - 09.   

1981  Bill Haley, dynamic rock 'n roll singer of Bill Haley and the Comets, dies in Harlingen, Texas, at age 55 on February - 09.   

1981  On February - 09 bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55   

1983  On February - 09 belgium buys 44 F-16s   

1984  Russian leader Yuri V. Andropov dies at age 69 on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 09 balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras   

1985  Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 09 halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)   

1986  On February - 09 haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen   

1987  Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide on this day in history.   

1987  New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club on this day in history.   

1989  On February - 09 michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election   

1989  On this day in history neo-Nazi groups outlawed in West Germany   

1990  "The Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history bottles of Perrier water are voluntarily recalled in the U.S. after benzene is detected in a small number of bottles.   

1990  Galileo flies by Venus on February - 09.   

1990  Namibia's constitution ratified on this day in history.   

1991  "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46 on February - 09.   

1991  On this day in history terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice &beats him   

1991  Voters in Lithuania vote for independence on this day in history.   

1991  Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration on this day in history.   

1992  Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 second by Thomas School of Germany on this day in history.   

1992  Fighting between government and guerrilla forces in Rwanda on February - 09.   

1993  Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history david Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54   

1994  Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat on February - 09.   

1994  Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Yasser Arafat on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 09 arnold Smith, Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79   

1995  On February - 09 former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright dies in Washington, D.C. at age 89.   

1995  On this day in history david Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at 81   

1996  Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1997  11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds on February - 09.   

1997  On February - 09 fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history   

1997  Scotty Bowman, is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games on February - 09.   

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1404  On this day in history birth of constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor   

1441  On February - 09 birth of ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)   

1533  Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611) was born on February - 09.   

1578  On February - 09 birth of giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo)   

1579  On February - 09 birth of john Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian   

1602  On this day in history birth of franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza   

1607  Abraham Megerle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history birth of johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)   

1011  On February - 09 death of bernard I, Duke of Saxony   

1199  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)   

1450  On this day in history death of agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)   

1555  On February - 09 death of john Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy   

1567  On this day in history death of henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered   

1583  Death of Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1588  On February - 09 marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies   

1617  Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44 on February - 09.