February 9th, 1953

Born on February 9th, 1953

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What happened on February 9th?

February 9th, 2020

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.

February 9th, 2016

Two commuter trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.

February 9th, 2001

The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.

February 9th, 1996

Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.

February 9th, 1976

The Australian Defence Force was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force.

February 9th, 1971

An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.

February 9th, 1964

As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles (pictured) made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.

February 9th, 1950

U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 employees of the State Department of being communists, sparking a period of strong anti-communist sentiment known as McCarthyism.

February 9th, 1945

World War II: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førde Fjord, Norway.

February 9th, 1943

World War II: Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ending the Guadalcanal campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War.

February 9th, 1942

The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Kranji as part of their campaign to capture Singapore.

February 9th, 1923

Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia as leader of the country's first Coalition government.

February 9th, 1920

The Svalbard Treaty was signed in Paris, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

February 9th, 1913

A meteor procession was observed along a great circle arc from Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

February 9th, 1907

More than 3,000 women in London participated in the Mud March (pictured), the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 9th

Born on February 9th, 1953

71

Ciarán Hinds

British actor

*February 9th, 1953, Belfast

71

Vito Antuofermo

American boxer

*February 9th, 1953, Palo del Colle

62

Jacques Ripault

French architect

*February 9th, 1953, Alençon †July 10th, 2015, Villejuif

70

Michèle Rivasi

French politician

*February 9th, 1953, Montélimar †November 29th, 2023, City of Brussels

71

André Savard

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 9th, 1953, Témiscaming

71

Gabriel Rotello

American activist

*February 9th, 1953, Danbury

71

Juanjo Novaira

Argentinian composer

*February 9th, 1953, San Martín de las Escobas

32

Ezechiele Ramin

Italian martyr (1953-1985)

*February 9th, 1953, Padua †July 24th, 1985, Aripuanã

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Who's birthday is on February 9th?

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

75

Judith Light

American actress

*February 9th, 1949, Trenton

55

Andreas Huber

German poolbillard trainer

*February 9th, 1969, Dachau

27

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

70

Gina Rinehart

Australian businessperson

*February 9th, 1954, Perth

70

Kevin Warwick

British robotics and cybernetics researcher

*February 9th, 1954, Coventry

64

Holly Johnson

British artist, musician and writer

*February 9th, 1960, Liverpool

43

Tom Hiddleston

English actor (born 1981)

*February 9th, 1981, Westminster

65

Ali Bongo Ondimba

President of Gabon (2009–2023)

*February 9th, 1959, Brazzaville

52

Crispin Freeman

Voice actor originally from the Midwestern United States

*February 9th, 1972, Chicago

84

J. M. Coetzee

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

*February 9th, 1940, Cape Town

79

Mia Farrow

American actress

*February 9th, 1945, Los Angeles

79

Ōsumi Yoshinori

Japanese molecular biologist (1945 - )

*February 9th, 1945, Fukuoka

31

Kenya Kinski-Jones

American fashion model

*February 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

77

Rinus Michels

Dutch footballer and manager (1928–2005)

*February 9th, 1928, Amsterdam †March 3rd, 2005, Aalst

78

Jim Webb

American politician, military officer and author

*February 9th, 1946, St. Joseph

78

Matthieu Ricard

French writer and Buddhist monk

*February 9th, 1946, Aix-les-Bains

69

Charles Shaughnessy

English actor

*February 9th, 1955, London

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Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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