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On This Day In History for February 9, 2022

This is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining in 2022.

It was on this date in 1870, that US president Ulysses S. Grant signed a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau

Also on February 9, 1895, William G. Morgan created a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball

A group of meteors was visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth on this date in 1913

On February 9, 1942, Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) was reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.

Also on February 9, 1959, The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, became operational at Plesetsk, USSR

It was on this date in 1964, that The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States

Apollo 14 returned to Earth after the third manned Moon landing on this date in 1971

51 years ago today, Satchel Paige became the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA’s Baseball Hall of Fame

It was on this date in 1978, that The Budd Company unveiled its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 9, 1986, Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System

On February 9, 1996, Copernicium was discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Hungarian mathematician and academic, Farkas Bolyai, born on this date in 1775.

German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach, Wilhelm Maybach was born 176 years ago today.

Born February 9, 1865, German geographer and geophysicist Erich von Drygalski.

Carmen Miranda, the Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer was born 113 years ago today.

Born February 9, 1918, American chemist Lloyd Noel Ferguson.

Also turning 79 today is American actor Joe Pesci.

Also born on that same date in 1945, American mathematician and academic, Carol Wood.

American actress, activist, and former fashion model, Mia Farrow is 77 today.

Also turning 68 today is English cybernetics scientist Kevin Warwick.

Also born on that same date in 1960, American biochemist and astronaut, Peggy Whitson.

Listener Birthdays

9 – Podcast Mike Wills from Minnesota

10 – Zach Akgulian – Appleton, WI

10 – Drace (Shari from ND)

14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast

14 – Andrew from Illinois

15 – Philip from Australia

Unofficial holidays

National pizza day

National toothache day

National bagel and lox day

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 9, 2022

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