Page 9: Historical Events In February - 09

1980  Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106 on this day in history.   

1981  Bill Haley, dynamic rock 'n roll singer of Bill Haley and the Comets, dies in Harlingen, Texas, at age 55 on this day in history.   

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

1983  On this day in history belgium buys 44 F-16s   

1984  On February - 09 russian leader Yuri V. Andropov dies at age 69.   

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

1985  On February - 09 madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks   

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

1986  On this day in history haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen   

1987  Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide on February - 09.   

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

1989  Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1989  Neo-Nazi groups outlawed in West Germany on this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 09 galileo flies by Venus   

1990  On February - 09 namibia's constitution ratified   

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

1991  Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice &beats him on this day in history.   

1991  Voters in Lithuania vote for independence on February - 09.   

1991  On this day in history wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration   

1992  On February - 09 fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 second by Thomas School of Germany   

1992  On February - 09 fighting between government and guerrilla forces in Rwanda   

1993  On February - 09 army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma   

1993  On February - 09 david Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54   

1994  On this day in history israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat   

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

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

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

1995  David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83   

1997  On this day in history 11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds   

1997  Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history on February - 09.   

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  Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo) was born on February - 09.   

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

1602  On February - 09 birth of franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza   

1607  On February - 09 birth of abraham Megerle, composer   

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  Death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147) on February - 09.   

1450  Death of Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421) on this day in history.   

1555  Death of John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy on February - 09.   

1567  Death of Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered on this day in history.   

1583  Death of Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake on February - 09.   

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

1617  Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.