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02/09/1939
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Janet Suzman, S Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1940
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Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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02/09/1940
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Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer (Shadows)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1940
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Smokey Robinson, rocker (and Miracles-Tears of Clown)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1941
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British troops conquer El Agheila
Type: Event
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02/09/1941
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Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish caf‚ Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)
Type: Event
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02/09/1941
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Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1942
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Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
Type: Event
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02/09/1942
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Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
Type: Event
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02/09/1942
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Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
Type: Event
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02/09/1942
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Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1942
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Charlie Morrow, composer
Type: Birth
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02/09/1942
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Milos Stedron, composer
Type: Birth
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02/09/1942
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Peder Lunde Jr, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1943
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FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
Type: Event
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02/09/1943
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German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp
Type: Event
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02/09/1943
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Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
Type: Event
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02/09/1943
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NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
Type: Event
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02/09/1943
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Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
Type: Event
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02/09/1943
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Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1943
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James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1943
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Joe Pesci, Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1943
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Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1943
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Ryland Davies, tenor
Type: Birth
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02/09/1943
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Squire Fridell, Oakland Calif, actor (Rosetti and Ryan)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1943
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... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance
Type: Death
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02/09/1944
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U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland
Type: Event
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02/09/1944
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Alice Walker, US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1945
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-Feb 10] Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
Type: Event
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02/09/1945
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WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
Type: Event
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02/09/1945
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Bill Bergey, NFLer
Type: Birth
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02/09/1945
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Mia [Maria] Farrow, LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1945
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George J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau
Type: Death
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02/09/1945
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Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26
Type: Death
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02/09/1946
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Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
Type: Event
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02/09/1946
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Annette Penhaligon
Type: Birth
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02/09/1946
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M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1947
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Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila
Type: Event
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02/09/1947
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Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1947
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Major Harris, US RandB-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1948
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WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/09/1948
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Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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02/09/1949
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Bernard Gallacher, British golfer
Type: Birth
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02/09/1949
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Janet Issaca Ashford, writer
Type: Birth
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02/09/1949
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Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1949
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Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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02/09/1950
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Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists
Type: Event
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02/09/1950
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Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist
Type: Birth
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02/09/1950
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Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey Md, wrestler (Olympic-silver-1976)
Type: Birth
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02/09/1950
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Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator
Type: Birth
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