February 9 historical events
1232 — Battle of Sanfengshan
The Battle of Sanfengshan, literally the Battle of the Three-Peak Mountain, was a major decisive battle fought between the Mongol Empire and Jin China during the first stage of the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. The battle was fought in 9 February 1232 at the Sanfeng Mountain which is in the southwest of what is now the city Yuzhou in Henan Province, China.
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1654 — Capture of Fort Rocher
The Capture of Fort Rocher took place on 9 February 1654, during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659). Equipped with one siege battery, a Spanish expedition of 700 troops attacked the buccaneer stronghold of Tortuga, capturing the fort and 500 prisoners including 330 buccaneers and goods valued at approximately 160,000 pieces-of-eight. The Spanish burned the colony to the ground and slaughtered its inhabitants, leaving behind a fort manned by 150 soldiers. They possessed the island for about eighteen months, but on the approach of the expedition under Penn and Venerables were ordered by the Conde de Peñalva, Governor of Santo Domingo, to demolish the fortifications, bury the artillery and other arms, and retire to his aid in Hispaniola.
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1799 — Action of 9 February 1799 (South Africa)
The Action of 9 February 1799 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars between a British Royal Navy frigate and a French privateer frigate fought 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of the southeastern coast of what is now Natal in South Africa. The 32-gun French frigate Prudente had since the start of the war been part of a squadron operating from Île de France (now Mauritius). This squadron had dispersed during 1798, with the ships sent on independent commerce raiding operations across the British trade routes in the Indian Ocean.
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1826 — Battle of Punta Colares
The naval Battle of Punta Colares, also known as the Battle of Corales, was the first major naval engagement of the Cisplatine War. It took place between a fleet of the Empire of Brazil, commanded by admiral Rodrigo José Ferreira Lobo, and a squadron of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of admiral William Brown. The confrontations began at around 10 o'clock on 9 February 1826 and lasted for seven hours.
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1849 — Battle of Piski
The Battle of Piski was a battle in the Hungarian war of Independence of 1848-1849 fought on 9 February 1849 between the Hungarian army led by the Polish General Józef Bem and the Austrian army of the Habsburg Commander-in-Chief of Transylvania, Lieutenant General Anton Puchner.
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1907 — Thousands march for women's suffrage in London
More than 3,000 women marched through London on February 9 in a demonstration organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. The procession ran from Hyde Park Corner toward the Strand and brought together women from different social backgrounds to demand voting rights. Heavy rain left participants wet and mud-spattered, giving the event its enduring name, the Mud March. It was the largest public demonstration for women's suffrage in Britain up to that point. Although the march did not secure an immediate parliamentary victory, its scale and press coverage helped establish large peaceful processions as a tactic of the movement.
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1936 — Costa Rican general election, 1936
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 9 February 1936. León Cortés Castro of the Independent National Republican Party won the presidential election, whilst the party also won the parliamentary election, in which they received 59.4% of the vote. Voter turnout was 68.8% in the presidential election and 68.9% in the parliamentary election.
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1938 — Northern Ireland general election, 1938
The Northern Ireland general election, 1938 was held on 9 February 1938. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.
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1939 — Battle of Minorca (1939)
The Battle of Minorca took place in Minorca between the 7 and 9 February 1939 during the Spanish Civil War.
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1941 — Operation Grog
Operation Grog was the name assigned to the British naval and air bombardment of Genoa and La Spezia on 9 February 1941, by a fleet consisting of HMS Malaya, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Renown and HMS Sheffield, screened by ten fleet destroyers including HMS Fearless, HMS Foxhound, HMS Foresight, HMS Fury, HMS Firedrake and HMS Jersey.
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1945 — Sinking of U-864
The German U-boat U-864 was attacked and sunk on 9 February 1945 by HMS Venturer, a V-class submarine of the Royal Navy. Venturer was patrolling the waters around Fedje Island, off the Norwegian coast in the North Sea. The sinking remains the only incident in the history of naval warfare where one submarine sank another while both were submerged.
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1951 — The Geochang massacre begins in South Korea
South Korean army troops began a three-day massacre of civilians in the Geochang area on February 9 during the Korean War. The dedicated article reports 719 unarmed victims, including children, and describes later attempts to conceal the killings. Parliamentary investigations followed after a lawmaker raised the case, although the military initially obstructed inquiries. The killings are remembered as one of the grave abuses against civilians during the conflict. Because the massacre continued through February 11, this entry marks its beginning; it does not assign every death to February 9.
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1958 — Paraguayan general election, 1958
General elections were held in Paraguay on 9 February 1958. In the presidential election Alfredo Stroessner of the Colorado Party was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed.
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1982 — Japan Air Lines Flight 350
Japan Air Lines Flight 350 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, to Tokyo in Japan. On 9 February 1982, the Douglas DC-8 operating the flight, registered JA8061, crashed into Tokyo Bay on approach to Haneda Airport, resulting in 24 fatalities. Flight 350 was the first crash for Japan Air Lines in the 1980s.
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1986 — 7th Yokohama Film Festival
The 7th Yokohama Film Festival (第7回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 9 February 1986 in Yokohama Nikkatsu Theatre, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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1991 — 1991 Lithuanian independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in Lithuania on 9 February 1991, eleven months after independence from the Soviet Union had been declared on 11 March 1990. Just over 93% of those voting voted in favour of independence, while the number of eligible voters voting "yes" was 76.5%, far exceeding the threshold of 50%. Independence was subsequently achieved in August 1991. The independence of the Republic of Lithuania was re-recognized by the United States on 2 September 1991 and by the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991.
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1996 — 1996 Docklands bombing
On 9 February 1996, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated a powerful truck bomb in South Quay, outside Canary Wharf, in London Docklands. The blast killed two people and devastated a wide area, causing an estimated £150 million worth of damage. The IRA had sent warnings 90 minutes beforehand, but the area was not fully evacuated.
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2003 — February 2003 Montenegrin presidential election
Early presidential elections were held in the Republic of Montenegro on 9 February 2003, after the December 2002 elections had been declared invalid due to insufficient voter turnout.
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2006 — Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006
The Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, in Dunfermline and West Fife, Scotland, was held on 9 February 2006 as the sitting Labour MP Rachel Squire had died on 6 January. The by-election was the first seat to change hands in the 2005 Parliament when Willie Rennie won the seat for the Liberal Democrats, a gain from Labour, by 1,800 votes.
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2007 — Turks and Caicos Islands general election, 2007
General elections were held in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 9 February 2007. The result was a victory for the Progressive National Party, which took almost 60% of the vote and 13 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council.
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2008 — 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential convention
The 2008 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential convention took place on February 9, 2008. The convention chose 6 delegates, all pledged to Senator Barack Obama. Each delegate, however, only counted for half a vote at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The Virgin Islands' delegation also included 6 unpledged "superdelegates" not bound by the results of the convention.
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2008 — 2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses and primary
The 2008 Louisiana Republican presidential caucuses were held on January 22 and the primary on February 9, 2008.
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2008 — 2008 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary
The 2008 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary took place on February 9, 2008, and had 56 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Louisiana's seven congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 37. Another 29 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Barack Obama. The 56 delegates represented Louisiana at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
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2008 — 2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2008 Nebraska Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 9, 2008, where 24 of the state's 31 convention delegates were chosen. Like he did throughout many other states that held caucuses instead of primaries, Barack Obama won the Nebraska Democratic Caucus by more than a two-to-one margin of victory over Hillary Clinton.
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2008 — 2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses
The 2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses were held on February 9, 2008, as part of the selection process for delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention. Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, won the caucuses with 59.58% of the vote, securing all 36 of Kansas's national delegates. His victory was confirmed by major news outlets, including Fox News, CNN, and the Associated Press.
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2014 — Tokyo gubernatorial election, 2014
Tokyo held a gubernatorial election on February 9, 2014 to replace outgoing Governor Naoki Inose, who resigned effective December 24, 2013. Yōichi Masuzoe was declared the winner in exit polling, with a substantial lead over the fifteen other candidates. His final tally was 2,112,979 votes (42.86%), with his two closest competitors Morihiro Hosokawa and Kenji Utsunomiya failing to break the 20% mark.
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2016 — Bad Aibling rail accident
On 9 February 2016, two Meridian-branded passenger trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling, Germany. Of approximately 150 people on board the two trains, 12 people died and 85 others were injured, 24 critically. Two months after the crash, investigators announced that it had been caused by a Deutsche Bahn train dispatcher who gave incorrect instructions to the two trains while distracted by a game he was playing on his mobile phone. The dispatcher further compounded his error when, upon realizing it, he tried to send emergency codes to the trains but entered the wrong combination into his computer.
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2016 — Minnesota Senate District 35 special election, 2016
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 9, 2016, to elect a new senator for District 35 in the Minnesota Senate, caused by the resignation of Senator Branden Petersen, effective on October 31, 2015. A primary election was held on January 12, 2016, to nominate a Republican Party of Minnesota candidate. Former state representative Jim Abeler, the Republican nominee, won the special election.
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2016 — Minnesota House of Representatives District 50B special election, 2016
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 9, 2016, to elect a new representative for District 50B in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Representative Ann Lenczewski, effective on December 15, 2015. As only one candidate each filed for the nomination of the Republican Party of Minnesota and Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), a primary election was not held.
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2018 — 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea on 9 February 2018. It began at 20:00 and finished at approximately 22:20 local time. The Games were officially opened by President Moon Jae-in. This was the first Winter Olympics opening ceremony since 2006 to take place in an outdoor stadium.
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2019 — Battle of Baghuz Fawqani
The Battle of Baghuz Fawqani was an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), assisted by Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) coalition airstrikes, artillery, and special forces personnel, that began on 9 February 2019 as part of the Deir ez-Zor campaign of the Syrian Civil War.
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2019 — ROH Bound By Honor
Bound By Honor (2019) was a two night, two city professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), that took place on February 9, 2019 at RP Funding Arena in Lakeland, Florida (tapings for ROH's flagship program Ring of Honor Wrestling) and on February 10, 2019 at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida (live event).
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2023 — 2023 West Lancashire by-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of West Lancashire was held on 9 February 2023, following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party MP Rosie Cooper in order to take up the job of chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. Ashley Dalton held the seat for Labour.
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2024 — 2024 Mucojo attack
On February 9, 2024, militants from the Islamic State – Mozambique Province stormed a military position of the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces on Friday morning 9 February 2024 in Mucojo, Macomia District in the Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. 25 soldiers were killed in the attack. The death toll was confirmed by the Macomia district administrator Tomás Badae.
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2025 — UFC 312
UFC 312: du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 9, 2025, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.
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2025 — 2025 More Europe leadership election
The 2025 More Europe leadership election was a congressional primary election that took place on 7, 8, and 9 February 2025 in Rome to elect the new party leadership. Riccardo Magi has been re-elected as secretary of More Europe, while Matteo Hallissey, former secretary and current president of Italian Radicals, has been elected as president.
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2025 — 2025 Bijapur clash
The 2025 Bijapur clash was a significant encounter between Indian security forces and Maoist insurgents in the Indravati National Park, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, India. On February 9, 2025, acting on intelligence reports of a large Maoist gathering, a combined force of approximately 650 security forces personnel carried out an operation in the densely forested region.
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