February 9

Today's Events

  • 1811
    Nevill Maskelyne - 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies
  • 1877
    US Weather Service is founded
  • 1885
    1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
  • 1891
    1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
  • 1893
    Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prision for fraud.
  • 1922
    Snow on Mauna Loa
  • 1943
    Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal - ending epic battle
  • 1953
    Superman TV series premiers
  • 1964
    1st appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan
  • 1969
    Boeing 747 makes its 1st coml flight
  • 1971
    Apollo 14 returns to Earth
  • 1975
    Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
  • 1986
    Halley's Comet reaches perihelion (closest approach to sun)
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