February 9th, 1972

Born on February 9th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 19,000 days old!

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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, 1972

52

Crispin Freeman

Voice actor originally from the Midwestern United States

*February 9th, 1972, Chicago

52

Darren Ferguson

Scottish football manager and former player (born 1972)

*February 9th, 1972, Glasgow

52

Chris Pohl

German musician

*February 9th, 1972, Berlin

52

Norbert Rózsa

Hungarian swimmer

*February 9th, 1972, Dombóvár

52

Yannis Baraban

French actor

*February 9th, 1972, Nîmes

52

Thokozani Langa

Musician

*February 9th, 1972, Mahlabathini

52

Steve Banks

English footballer (born 1972)

*February 9th, 1972, London Borough of Hillingdon

52

Jason Winston George

American actor and model (born 1972)

*February 9th, 1972, Virginia Beach

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 9th?

27

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

43

Tom Hiddleston

English actor (born 1981)

*February 9th, 1981, Westminster

51

Makoto Shinkai

Japanese anime director

*February 9th, 1973, Koumi

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

50

Montego Glover

American actress

*February 9th, 1974, Macon

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

31

Kenya Kinski-Jones

American fashion model

*February 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

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

45

Zhang Ziyi

Chinese actress and model

*February 9th, 1979, Beijing

64

Holly Johnson

British artist, musician and writer

*February 9th, 1960, Liverpool

75

Judith Light

American actress

*February 9th, 1949, Trenton

50

Amber Valletta

American model and actress

*February 9th, 1974, Phoenix

51

Shaun Parkes

British actor

*February 9th, 1973, London

49

Kurt Asle Arvesen

Norwegian road bicycle racer and sporting director

*February 9th, 1975, Molde Municipality

65

Ali Bongo Ondimba

President of Gabon (2009–2023)

*February 9th, 1959, Brazzaville

53

Rachael Beck

Australian actress

*February 9th, 1971, Sydney

26

Marina Kaye

French singer

*February 9th, 1998, Marseille

29

Sheraldo Becker

Dutch association football player

*February 9th, 1995, Amsterdam

44

Margarita Levieva

Soviet Russian-born American actress

*February 9th, 1980, Saint Petersburg

84

J. M. Coetzee

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

*February 9th, 1940, Cape Town

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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