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Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, February 9, 2025.

On this day in history ..

Famous birthdays for this day ..


  • 1404 - Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor
  • 1441 - Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)
  • 1578 - Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo)
  • 1579 - John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian
  • 1602 - Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza
  • 1607 - Abraham Megerle, composer
  • 1708 - Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer (op‚ra-comique)
  • 1735 - Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian
  • 1741 - Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer
  • 1744 - Amos Bull, composer
  • 1756 - Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer
  • 1771 - Daniel Belknap, composer
  • 1772 - Frans Mikael Franz‚n, Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo)
  • 1773 - William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841)
  • 1775 - Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)
  • 1780 - Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
  • 1783 - Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29]
  • 1808 - Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer
  • 1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library
  • 1822 - Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist
  • 1826 - John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
  • 1830 - Abdl Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76)
  • 1834 - Felix Dahn, writer
  • 1834 - Franz Xaver Witt, composer
  • 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
  • 1853 - Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony
  • 1854 - Aletta [Henri‰tte] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician
  • 1854 - Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)
  • 1857 - Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education
  • 1863 - Anthony Hope [Hopkins], London, novelist
  • 1865 - Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl
  • 1865 - Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell, England, actress (Pygmalion)
  • 1866 - George Ade, US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang)
  • 1867 - Edward Naylor, composer
  • 1867 - Natsume S“seki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author (Kokoro)
  • 1871 - Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood)
  • 1871 - Howard T Ricketts, US pathologist (studied typhus fever)
  • 1874 - Amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)
  • 1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan)
  • 1875 - Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer
  • 1876 - Alo‹s Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours)
  • 1876 - Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920)
  • 1879 - Carl Natanael Berg, composer
  • 1879 - Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist
  • 1882 - Thomas Campbell, S African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12)
  • 1884 - Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician)
  • 1885 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!
  • 1887 - Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
  • 1887 - Vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love)
  • 1890 - Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl)
  • 1891 - Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47)
  • 1891 - Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities)
  • 1892 - Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice)
  • 1892 - Peggy Wood, Bkln NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama)
  • 1897 - Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator
  • 1901 - Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)
  • 1902 - Blanche Calloway, US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy)
  • 1902 - Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live)
  • 1903 - Georg Trexler, composer
  • 1906 - Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano
  • 1907 - Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins)
  • 1908 - Jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
  • 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
  • 1909 - Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69)
  • 1909 - Harald Genzmer, composer
  • 1909 - Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans)
  • 1909 - John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian
  • 1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist
  • 1911 - Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord
  • 1912 - Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
  • 1913 - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
  • 1914 - Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
  • 1914 - Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
  • 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
  • 1914 - Max Manus, resistance fighter
  • 1914 - Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
  • 1921 - B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
  • 1921 - Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher
  • 1922 - James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner
  • 1923 - Brendan Behan, Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage)
  • 1923 - Kathryn Grayson, NC, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate)
  • 1923 - Norman E Shumway, Mich, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon
  • 1924 - George Guest, British organist
  • 1925 - Vic Wertz, baseball player
  • 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland
  • 1927 - Donald Miller, CEO (Scottish Power)
  • 1927 - Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor
  • 1928 - Roger Mudd, Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
  • 1929 - Bill Barrett, (Rep-R-Nebraska)
  • 1929 - James Mulcro Drew, composer
  • 1929 - Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
  • 1929 - Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song)
  • 1930 - Emil Petrovics, composer
  • 1931 - Robert Morris, sculptor
  • 1931 - Xavier Benguerel, composer
  • 1933 - Countess of Airlie
  • 1933 - Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer
  • 1933 - Justice Johnson
  • 1933 - Lord Williams of Elvel
  • 1934 - John A Ziegler Jr, Grosse Pointe Mich, 4th NHL pres (1977-92)
  • 1935 - Paul Flynn, MP
  • 1936 - Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India)
  • 1937 - Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist
  • 1937 - Johnny Sayles, US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle)
  • 1939 - Barry Mann, R&B singer (Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp)
  • 1939 - Janet Suzman, S Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
  • 1940 - Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer (Shadows)
  • 1940 - Smokey Robinson, rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown)
  • 1941 - Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis)
  • 1942 - Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry)
  • 1942 - Charlie Morrow, composer
  • 1942 - Milos Stedron, composer
  • 1942 - Peder Lunde Jr, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
  • 1943 - Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger)
  • 1943 - James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
  • 1943 - Joe Pesci, Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
  • 1943 - Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
  • 1943 - Ryland Davies, tenor
  • 1943 - Squire Fridell, Oakland Calif, actor (Rosetti & Ryan)
  • 1944 - Alice Walker, US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian)
  • 1945 - Bill Bergey, NFLer
  • 1945 - Mia [Maria] Farrow, LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
  • 1946 - Annette Penhaligon
  • 1946 - M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University)
  • 1947 - Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade)
  • 1947 - Major Harris, US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
  • 1949 - Bernard Gallacher, British golfer
  • 1949 - Janet Issaca Ashford, writer
  • 1949 - Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
  • 1950 - Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist
  • 1950 - Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey Md, wrestler (Olympic-silver-1976)
  • 1950 - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator
  • 1951 - Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration)
  • 1951 - Jay Inslee, (Rep-D-Washington)
  • 1951 - Penny Peyser, Irvington NY, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing)
  • 1952 - Danny White, quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
  • 1953 - Andre Sevard, NHLer
  • 1953 - Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor (Hunk)
  • 1953 - Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
  • 1954 - Ulrich Walter, German FR, cosmonaut
  • 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor (Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny)
  • 1955 - Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort)
  • 1956 - Philip Jackson Ford Jr, NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
  • 1957 - Gordon Strachan, soccer player
  • 1957 - Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader (UDF)
  • 1958 - Alexander W B Lyle, Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer (1988 Phoenix Open)
  • 1958 - Sandy Lyle, British golfer
  • 1960 - Peggy A Whitson, Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut
  • 1961 - John Kruk, US baseball 1st baseman (Phila Phillies)
  • 1962 - Diego Perez, Spain, tennis star
  • 1962 - Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
  • 1963 - Bonnie Levin, Miami Beach Fla, WPVA volleyballer
  • 1963 - Madusa Miceli, [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW)
  • 1963 - Mike Rindel, cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton v Pak 1995)
  • 1963 - Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club)
  • 1964 - Rachel Bolan, rocker (Skid Row)
  • 1965 - David Brandon, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons)
  • 1965 - Lennox Lewis, London England, Super HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1988)
  • 1966 - Amanda Roocroft, opera singer
  • 1966 - James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
  • 1967 - Kate Golden, Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th)
  • 1967 - Stevon Moore, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
  • 1967 - Todd Pratt, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)
  • 1968 - Derek Strong, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Orlando Magic)
  • 1968 - Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amat Champ)
  • 1968 - Paul Claxton, Vidalia GA, Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th)
  • 1969 - Jeff Pahukoa, NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
  • 1969 - Jimmy Smith, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
  • 1969 - Peta Edebone, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
  • 1969 - Thomas Brandl, Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
  • 1969 - Todd Lyght, US football quarterback (St Louis Rams)
  • 1970 - Glenn McGrath, cricketer (NSW & Australian fast bowler 1993-)
  • 1970 - Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth NZ, Australasia golfer
  • 1971 - Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
  • 1971 - Jason Mathews, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
  • 1971 - Jim Miller, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers, Atl Falcons, Jaguars)
  • 1971 - Ken Felder, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
  • 1971 - Pat O'Neill, NFL punter/place kicker (NE Patriots)
  • 1971 - Sharon Case, Det Mich, actress (Sharon Collins-Young & Restless)
  • 1972 - Jason George, actor (Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach)
  • 1972 - Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer (100m freestyle record)
  • 1973 - Amber Valletta, Phoenix AZ, model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar)
  • 1974 - Brad Maynard, punter (NY Giants)
  • 1974 - John Wallace, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
  • 1974 - Orlando Bobo, guard (Minnesota Vikings)

Famous deaths for this day ..

  • 1555 - John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy
  • 1567 - Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered
  • 1583 - Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake
  • 1588 - Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies
  • 1617 - Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44
  • 1640 - Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27
  • 1670 - Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
  • 1675 - Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried
  • 1740 - Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85
  • 1751 - Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82
  • 1765 - Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33
  • 1811 - Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies
  • 1812 - Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
  • 1817 - Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54
  • 1824 - Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49
  • 1846 - Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies
  • 1849 - Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76
  • 1860 - Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63
  • 1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75
  • 1881 - Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), dies at 59
  • 1891 - Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71
  • 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio
  • 1916 - Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90
  • 1916 - Jack Barrett, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies
  • 1917 - Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
  • 1918 - Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30
  • 1924 - Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53
  • 1932 - Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered
  • 1935 - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
  • 1936 - Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57
  • 1938 - Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies
  • 1943 - ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance
  • 1945 - George J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau
  • 1945 - Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26
  • 1948 - Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65
  • 1949 - Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60
  • 1952 - Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies
  • 1957 - Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88
  • 1960 - Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82
  • 1961 - Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70
  • 1964 - Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55
  • 1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79
  • 1968 - Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77
  • 1968 - Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78
  • 1969 - Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68
  • 1969 - [George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83
  • 1973 - Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
  • 1974 - Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60
  • 1975 - Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82
  • 1977 - Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
  • 1977 - Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59
  • 1977 - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82
  • 1978 - Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12
  • 1979 - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
  • 1980 - Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106
  • 1981 - Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
  • 1984 - Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
  • 1984 - Yuri Andropov, Gen Sec of Soviet Communist Party (1982-84), dies at 69
  • 1993 - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
  • 1993 - Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
  • 1993 - Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
  • 1994 - Arnold Smith, Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79
  • 1994 - Jarmila Novotna, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86
  • 1994 - Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88
  • 1995 - David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at 81
  • 1995 - J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at 89
  • 1996 - Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83
  • 1996 - Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at 80
  • 1996 - Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist, dies at 44
  • 1996 - Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at 80
  • 1996 - Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86
  • 1996 - Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74
  • 1997 - Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House), dies at 53
  • 1998 - Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95



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