February 9 Events

2011 WikiLeaks cables claiming Saudi Arabia has exaggerated its crude oil reserves by 40% is published by The Guardian
2010 Former Phillipine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and 196 others are charged with murder relating to the Maguindanao massacre, November 2009
2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
1998 6th annual ESPY Awards
1998 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
1997 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
1997 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am
1997 LG Senior Golf Championship
1997 Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational
1997 Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
1997 Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
1996 WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM
1995 "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 340 performances
1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
1992 "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 29 performances
1992 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
1992 Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ
1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
1992 NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
1992 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
1991 "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
1991 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
1991 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him
1991 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1991 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
1990 "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
1990 Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13)
1990 Galileo flies by Venus
1990 Namibia's constitution ratified
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989 Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
1988 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St. Louis
1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1987 New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
1986 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
1986 Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1986 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1986 Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1984 "Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 204 performances
1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1982 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
1980 Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game