What happened today in history (February 9): Tom Hiddleston, Alice Walker and Glenn McGrath are born, Baba Amte and Fyodor Dostoyevsky die, the first census of independent India is conducted , The Beatles performed live for the first time in the US, Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for Best Actor, the element copernicium was discovered, Benin City was invaded by the British, etc.
This Day in History (February 9): The first census was conducted in independent India
Today in History, February 9: The month of love has begun and so has Valentine’s week.
Today is February 9, which is also considered chocolate day. It’s great to enjoy and gift chocolate to that special someone in your life, but it’s important to never stop gaining knowledge. So, let’s enhance our general knowledge by learning the significance of February 9 in history.
See what important events happened on this day (February 9) in sports, politics and art, along with famous births and deaths in world history.
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Historical events on this day
- In 1757, the Treaty of Alinagar was signed between the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, restoring the factories, privileges and city of Calcutta to the Company.
- In 1897, the British expeditionary force invaded and sacked Benin City, ending the Nigerian Kingdom of Benin.
- In 1943, the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.
- In 1951, independent India’s first census began.
- In 1963, the first flight of the Boeing 747 jet aircraft took place.
- In 1964, the famous British rock band Beatles performed live in the US for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show and was watched by 73 million people.
- In 1985, US intelligence officer Kiki Camarena, working in Mexico to fight drug trafficking, was kidnapped, tortured and murdered.
- In 1996, Peter Armbruster, Victor Ninov and Sigurd Hofmann discovered the highly radioactive chemical element 112, later named copernicium.
Sports event today
- In 1895, the game of volleyball, originally called Mintonette, was invented by William G. Morgan.
- In 1900, the famous tennis tournament Davis Cup was founded by Dwight Davis.
- In 2018, the XXIII Winter Olympics opened in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Today’s Arts and Culture Events
- In 1893, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s last opera, “Falstaff”, premiered in Milan.
- In 1997, Fox’s animated series The Simpsons became the longest-running animated series in history after airing its 167th episode.
- In 2020, Joaquin Phoenix won the Best Actor Oscar for Joker, and Bong Joon-ho won Best Director and Best Picture for Parasite at the 92nd Academy Awards.
Notable deaths on this day
|
Sir No |
Year of death |
Personality |
|
first |
1881 |
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer and journalist best known for his famous works Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov |
|
2 |
1979 |
Dennis Gabor, British-Hungarian engineer, physicist and Nobel laureate best known for inventing holography |
|
3 |
1985 |
Kiki Camarena, US intelligence officer working against drug cartels in Mexico |
|
4 |
2002 |
Princess Margaret, British royal and Countess of Snowdon, sister of Queen Elizabeth II |
|
5 |
2008 |
Baba Amte, Indian social worker and activist known for his work in rehabilitating and empowering people with leprosy |
|
6 |
2018 |
Johann Johannsson, Academy Award-nominated Icelandic composer, best known for The Theory of Everything, Sicario and Arrival |
Famous birthdays on this day
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Sir No |
Year of Birth |
Personality |
|
first |
1846 |
William Mayback, German engine designer and industrialist who developed many high-speed internal combustion engines suitable for land, water, and air |
|
2 |
1943 |
Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Keynesian economist who won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 2001 for his analysis of markets with asymmetric information |
|
3 |
1943 |
Joe Pesci, the Oscar-winning American actor best known for working with Martin Scorsese and playing tough gangsters in films such as Goodfellas, Casino and The Irishman |
|
4 |
1944 |
Alice Walker, American novelist best known for her cult classic The Color Purple and becoming the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction |
|
5 |
1954 |
Chris Gardener, American speaker and businessman whose story of getting rich as a stockbroker inspired the famous movie The Pursuit of Happyness |
|
6 |
1970 |
Glenn McGrath, Australian cricket legend and fast bowler |
|
7 |
1981 |
Tom Hiddleston, British actor best known for playing the Norse God of Mischief Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe |
|
8 |
1987 |
Michael B. Jordan, American actor, producer and director best known for starring in blockbuster films such as Creed and Black Panther |
|
9 |
1987 |
Henry Cejudo, American wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and later became a two-division MMA champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship |
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