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9 February 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2020 - Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.Ice sport performed on figure skates
Anniversary
2016 - Two commuter trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.2016 train collision in Bavaria, Germany
Anniversary
2001 - The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.US Navy submarine
Anniversary
1996 - Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.German research institute
Anniversary
1996 - Breaking a seventeen-month ceasefire, the Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a powerful truck bomb in the London Docklands, killing two people and injuring more than a hundred others.Paramilitary force active from 1969 to 2005
Historical events
History
2025 - The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.Three countries east of the Baltic Sea
History
2021 - Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.2021 trial in the US Senate
History
2020 - Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis.President of El Salvador since 2019
History
2018 - Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.Multi-sport event in Pyeongchang, South Korea
History
2016 - Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.2016 train collision in Bavaria, Germany
History
2001 - The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor.2001 maritime accident
History
1996 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.Paramilitary force active from 1969 to 2005
History
1996 - Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.Chemical element with atomic number 112 (Cn)
History
1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union.1988–1991 breakup of the sovereign state
Notable births
Born
2007 - Ryan Coleman-Williams, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2007)
Born
2003 - Cooper DeJean, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2003)
Born
2002 - Jalen Green, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
Born
2001 - Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 2001)
Born
1998 - Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racerTurkish racing driver (born 1998)
Born
1998 - Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actressColombian-American actress (born 1998)
Born
1997 - Jaire Alexander, American football playerAmerican former football player (born 1997)
Born
1997 - Saquon Barkley, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1997)
Notable deaths
Died
2022 - Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1939)Australian rugby league player and coach (1939–2022)
Died
2021 - Chick Corea, American jazz composer (born 1941)American musician and composer (1941–2021)
Died
2018 - Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (born 1958)American actor (1958–2018)
Died
2018 - Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (born 1969)Icelandic musician and composer (1969–2018)
Died
2018 - John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (born 1931)American actor (1931–2018)
Died
2017 - André Salvat, French Army colonel (born 1920)Died
2016 - Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1939)Prime Minister of Nepal from 2014 to 2015
Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
98.5% illuminated
Lunar age: 13.6 days
Sun zodiac
Aquarius
20.26 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Moon zodiac
Leo
4.26 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.