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Historical events & facts — February 9
What happened on February 9?
On February 9, 1964, the Beatles performed for the first time on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show, before an audience of 73 million people — the largest in US television history up to that point. The performance triggered the "British Invasion" of American music and marked the beginning of the most influential era in rock and roll history.
On February 9, 1881, writer Fyodor Dostoevsky died in St Petersburg aged 59, just days after completing his final novel The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky is considered one of the greatest literary psychologists of all time, whose explorations of guilt, suffering and redemption in works like Crime and Punishment profoundly influenced twentieth-century literature and philosophy.
On February 9, 1900, Bernhard von Bülow delivered a speech in the German Reichstag in which he coined the expression "place in the sun" to demand colonies for Germany, reflecting the aggressive imperialism of Kaiser Wilhelm II. This expansionist foreign policy was one of the factors that contributed to the escalation of European tensions leading to World War I.
Notable birthdays — February 9
Famous people born on February 9
Whitaker Wright
James Whitaker Wright was a company promoter and swindler, who committed suicide at the Royal Courts of Justice in London immediately following his conviction for fraud.
Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter was a British-Canadian geometer and mathematician. He is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.
C. P. Krishnan Nair
Captain Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair was an Indian businessman who founded The Leela Group. He was a 2010 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, given by Government of India. He was sometimes popularly known as Captain Nair due to his service in the Indian Army.
Josef Masopust
Josef Masopust was a Czech football player and coach. He played as midfielder and was a key player for Czechoslovakia, helping them reach the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final. He was capped 63 times, scoring ten goals for his national team.
J. M. Coetzee
John Maxwell Coetzee is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in the English language.
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