Historical Events In February - 09

1980  On February - 09 antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106   

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

1981  Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 on February - 09.   

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  Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks   

1986  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 February - 09.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1991  On February - 09 voters in Lithuania vote for independence   

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  On this day in history army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma   

1993  David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 on February - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1995  On this day in history 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  Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83 on February - 09.   

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

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

1997  On February - 09 scotty Bowman, is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games   

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

1441  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of john Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian   

1602  Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza was born on this day in history.   

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

1645  Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

1011  On this day in history death of bernard I, Duke of Saxony   

1199  Death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421) on February - 09.   

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

1567  On February - 09 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 this day in history marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies   

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