History Events on February 09

Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.

#Lithuania

The 6.5-6.7 Mw? Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.

#1971_San_Fernando_earthquake

US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.

#Ulysses_S._Grant

Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.

#Svalbard_Treaty

The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.

#Habsburg_Monarchy

The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.

#Capture_of_Fort_Rocher

Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Boles?aw I the Brave of Poland.

#Boleslaus_III,_Duke_of_Bohemia

Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.

#Halley's_Comet

American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.

#American_Revolutionary_War

Korean 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

#Korean_War

2018 Winter Olympics: opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.

#2018_Winter_Olympics

World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.

#Allies_of_World_War_II

US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.

#Grover_Cleveland

Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

#Brazil

Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people died, and 85 others were injured.

#Bad_Aibling_rail_accident

William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.

#William_G._Morgan

The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.

#The_Beatles

Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

#Zeno_(emperor)

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.

#United_States_Marine_Corps

World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.

#World_War_II

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.

#American_Civil_War

World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.

#World_War_II

The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.

#Soyuz_17

Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.

#Pope_Gregory_XV

World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.

#Allies_of_World_War_II

Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.

#Copernicium

The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.

#R-7_Semyorka

Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.

#Apollo_program

Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.

#Russo-Japanese_War

Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.

#Bishop_of_Gloucester

World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.

#Battle_of_the_Atlantic

Year-round Daylight saving time aka War Time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.

#Daylight_saving_time

The Davis Cup competition is established.

#Davis_Cup

Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.

#Satchel_Paige

The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

#Budd_Company

The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.

Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.

The Balkan Entente is formed.

A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).

The new Roman Republic is declared.

After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.