Page 9: Historical Events In February - 09

1980  On February - 09 antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106   

1981  Bill Haley, dynamic rock 'n roll singer of Bill Haley and the Comets, dies in Harlingen, Texas, at age 55 on February - 09.   

1981  Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55 on February - 09.   

1983  On February - 09 belgium buys 44 F-16s   

1984  On February - 09 russian leader Yuri V. Andropov dies at age 69.   

1984  On this day in history balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras   

1985  On this day in history madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks   

1986  Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun) on this day in history.   

1986  Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed President of South Yemen on this day in history.   

1987  On February - 09 former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide   

1987  On February - 09 new York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club   

1989  On February - 09 michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election   

1989  Neo-Nazi groups outlawed in West Germany on February - 09.   

1990  On this day in history "The Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV   

1990  Bottles of Perrier water are voluntarily recalled in the U.S. after benzene is detected in a small number of bottles on February - 09.   

1990  On this day in history galileo flies by Venus   

1990  Namibia's constitution ratified on February - 09.   

1991  On February - 09 "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46   

1991  On February - 09 terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice &beats him   

1991  Voters in Lithuania vote for independence on this day in history.   

1991  Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration on February - 09.   

1992  Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 second by Thomas School of Germany on this day in history.   

1992  Fighting between government and guerrilla forces in Rwanda on this day in history.   

1993  Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma on this day in history.   

1993  David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 on February - 09.   

1994  On February - 09 israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat   

1994  Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Yasser Arafat on this day in history.   

1994  Arnold Smith, Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1995  Former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright dies in Washington, D.C. at age 89 on February - 09.   

1995  David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at 81 on February - 09.   

1996  On this day in history adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83   

1997  11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history   

1997  Scotty Bowman, is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games on this day in history.   

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1404  Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor was born on this day in history.   

1441  On this day in history birth of ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)   

1533  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)   

1578  Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo) was born on February - 09.   

1579  John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian was born on this day in history.   

1602  On February - 09 birth of franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza   

1607  Abraham Megerle, composer was born on February - 09.   

1645  Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

1011  Death of Bernard I, Duke of Saxony on February - 09.   

1199  Death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147) on February - 09.   

1450  Death of Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421) on February - 09.   

1555  Death of John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy on February - 09.   

1567  Death of Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered on February - 09.   

1583  Death of Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1588  Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies on February - 09.   

1617  On this day in history hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44