On this day: 9 February

Selected events and births on 9 February, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1825 – After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the previous year's presidential election, the United States House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams as president in a contingent election. Read more: United States Electoral College 1824 United States presidential election United States House of Representatives
• 1855 – A series of hoof-like marks in the snow continuing through the countryside for some 40 to 100 miles (60 to 160 km) were discovered in Devon, England. Read more: Devil's Footprints Devon
• 1861 – Jefferson Davis was named the provisional president of the Confederate States of America. Read more: Jefferson Davis Confederate States of America
• 1907 – More than 3,000 women in London participated in the Mud March, the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Read more: Mud March (suffragists) National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
• 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. Read more: Meteor procession 1913 Great Meteor Procession Great circle
• 1920 – The Svalbard Treaty was signed in Paris, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Read more: Svalbard Treaty Svalbard
• 1923 – Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia as leader of the country's first Coalition government. Read more: Stanley Bruce Liberal–National Coalition
• 1975 – The spacecraft and crew of the Soviet Soyuz 17 mission returned to earth after 29 days in orbit at the Salyut 4 station. Read more: Soyuz 17 Salyut 4
• 1996 – Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium. Read more: GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research Darmstadt Copernicium
• 2020 – Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam. Read more: Figure skating Yuzuru Hanyu 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Born on this day

• 1940 – J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: J. M. Coetzee Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1943 – Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Joseph Stiglitz Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• 1953 – Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek Read more: Gabriel Rotello OutWeek
• 1957 – Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia Read more: Terry McAuliffe Governor of Virginia
• 1981 – John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member Read more: John Walker Lindh Taliban
• 1997 – Jaire Alexander, American football player Read more: Jaire Alexander
• 1998 – Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer Read more: Cem Bölükbaşı
• 1998 – Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actress Read more: Isabella Gomez
• 2001 – Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Dylan Cozens
• 2002 – Jalen Green, American basketball player Read more: Jalen Green
• 2003 – Cooper DeJean, American football player Read more: Cooper DeJean
• 2007 – Ryan Coleman-Williams, American football player Read more: Ryan Coleman-Williams

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