Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 9
February 9, 2025 is the 40th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 9
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- 1788 –The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
- 1870 –President Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
- 1913 –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.
- 1942 –World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
- 1969 –First test flight of the Boeing 747.
- 1971 –The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
- 1973 –Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
- 1995 –Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
- 2005 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 9?
- 1874 –Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
- 1897 –Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)
- 1902 –Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women’s leader (d. 1999)
- 1912 –Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968)
- 1937 –Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. 2007)
- 1943 –Joe Pesci, American actor
- 1947 –Reinhard Adler, German footballer
- 1971 –Sharon Case, American actress
- 1975 –Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 –Tom Hiddleston, English actor
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