This day in History - February 9

434 Historic Events for February 9
1997 Event Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational
1997 Event 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
1997 Event Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
1997 Event Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
1997 Event Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
1998 Event 6th annual ESPY Awards
1998 Event Failed assassination attempt on Georgian Pres Eduard Shevardnadze
1998 Death Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95
2002 Event XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City