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02/09/1891
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Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1891
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Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1891
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Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/09/1892
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Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1892
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Peggy Wood, Bkln NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1893
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Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud
Type: Event
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02/09/1893
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Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan
Type: Event
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02/09/1895
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1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
Type: Event
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02/09/1895
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Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
Type: Event
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02/09/1897
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Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator
Type: Birth
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02/09/1900
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Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
Type: Event
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02/09/1901
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Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1902
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Blanche Calloway, US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1902
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Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1903
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Georg Trexler, composer
Type: Birth
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02/09/1904
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Japan declares war on Russia
Type: Event
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02/09/1906
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Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
Type: Event
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02/09/1906
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Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano
Type: Birth
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02/09/1906
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio
Type: Death
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02/09/1907
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Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1908
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Jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1909
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1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
Type: Event
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02/09/1909
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1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio
Type: Event
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02/09/1909
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Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1909
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Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1909
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Harald Genzmer, composer
Type: Birth
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02/09/1909
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Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1909
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John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian
Type: Birth
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02/09/1910
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Jacques Monod, French biochemist
Type: Birth
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02/09/1911
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Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord
Type: Birth
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02/09/1912
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US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
Type: Event
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02/09/1912
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Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
Type: Birth
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02/09/1913
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-18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
Type: Event
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02/09/1913
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Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1914
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Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
Type: Birth
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02/09/1914
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Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1914
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Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1914
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Max Manus, resistance fighter
Type: Birth
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02/09/1914
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Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1916
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Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
Type: Event
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02/09/1916
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NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
Type: Event
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02/09/1916
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Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90
Type: Death
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02/09/1916
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Jack Barrett, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies
Type: Death
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02/09/1917
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Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
Type: Death
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02/09/1918
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Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va
Type: Event
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02/09/1918
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Sacha Guitry's "Deburan," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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02/09/1918
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Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30
Type: Death
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02/09/1920
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International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
Type: Event
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02/09/1920
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Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances and alterations to baseballs
Type: Event
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02/09/1921
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B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
Type: Birth
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