February 9 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on February 9, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Amethyst
Birth flower
Violet
How common
#297 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous February 9 birthdays
Natsume Sōseki · Japanese novelist1867
Jacques Monod · French biologist and biochemist, Nobel laureate1910
Thomas Bernhard · Austrian playwright and novelist1931
J. M. Coetzee · South African and Australian writer and scholar1940
Carole King · American singer-songwriter and musician1942
Joseph Stiglitz · American economist1943
Joe Pesci · American actor1943
Alice Walker · American author and activist1944
Mia Farrow · American actress1945
Yoshinori Ohsumi · Japanese molecular biologist1945
Ali Bongo · President of Gabon1959
Peggy Whitson · American astronaut1960
Brian Greene · American physicist1963
Omar M. Yaghi · American chemist of Arabic descent1965
Amber Valletta · American model and actress1974
Zhang Ziyi · Chinese actress and model1979
Tom Hiddleston · English actor1981
Michael B. Jordan · American actor1987
Wataru Endo · Japanese association football player1993
Bella Poarch · Filipino-American singer and social media personality1997
On this day in history
1975The spacecraft and crew of the Soviet Soyuz 17 mission returned to earth after 29 days in orbit at the Salyut 4 station.
1976The Australian Defence Force (ensign pictured) was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force.
1996Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.
2020Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.
1943World War II: Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ending the Guadalcanal campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War.
1950Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
1964The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States.
1965Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
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