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On This Day In History for February 9, 2022
This is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining in 2022.
- It was on this date in 1870, that US president Ulysses S. Grant signed a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau
- Also on February 9, 1895, William G. Morgan created a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball
- A group of meteors was visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth on this date in 1913
- On February 9, 1942, Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) was reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
- Also on February 9, 1959, The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, became operational at Plesetsk, USSR
- It was on this date in 1964, that The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States
- Apollo 14 returned to Earth after the third manned Moon landing on this date in 1971
- 51 years ago today, Satchel Paige became the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA’s Baseball Hall of Fame
- It was on this date in 1978, that The Budd Company unveiled its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- February 9, 1986, Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System
- On February 9, 1996, Copernicium was discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Hungarian mathematician and academic, Farkas Bolyai, born on this date in 1775.
- German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach, Wilhelm Maybach was born 176 years ago today.
- Born February 9, 1865, German geographer and geophysicist Erich von Drygalski.
- Carmen Miranda, the Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer was born 113 years ago today.
- Born February 9, 1918, American chemist Lloyd Noel Ferguson.
- Also turning 79 today is American actor Joe Pesci.
- Also born on that same date in 1945, American mathematician and academic, Carol Wood.
- American actress, activist, and former fashion model, Mia Farrow is 77 today.
- Also turning 68 today is English cybernetics scientist Kevin Warwick.
- Also born on that same date in 1960, American biochemist and astronaut, Peggy Whitson.
Listener Birthdays
- 9 – Podcast Mike Wills from Minnesota
- 10 – Zach Akgulian – Appleton, WI
- 10 – Drace (Shari from ND)
- 14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
- 14 – Andrew from Illinois
- 15 – Philip from Australia
Unofficial holidays
- National pizza day
- National toothache day
- National bagel and lox day
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 9, 2022
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