| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| February 9, 1811 | Saturday | Nevill Maskelyne - 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies |
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| February 9, 1877 | Friday | US Weather Service is founded |
| February 9, 1885 | Monday | 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii |
| February 9, 1891 | Monday | 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento |
| February 9, 1893 | Thursday | Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prision for fraud. |
| February 9, 1922 | Thursday | Snow on Mauna Loa |
| February 9, 1943 | Tuesday | Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal - ending epic battle |
| February 9, 1953 | Monday | Superman TV series premiers |
| February 9, 1964 | Sunday | 1st appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan |
| February 9, 1969 | Sunday | Boeing 747 makes its 1st coml flight |
| February 9, 1971 | Tuesday | Apollo 14 returns to Earth |
| February 9, 1975 | Sunday | Soyuz 17 returns to Earth |
| February 9, 1986 | Sunday | Halley's Comet reaches perihelion (closest approach to sun) |