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What happened in history on this day: February 9?
On February 9 in ...
- 1961 - First performance of The Beatles music group at the Cavern Club in England.
- 1964 - First appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show (73.7 million viewers, about 40 percent of US population).
Births on February 9
- 1902 - Birth of Blanche Calloway; US vocalist/dancer (Twelve Clouds of Joy).
- 1909 - Birth of Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha] Marco de Canavezes in Portugal; vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy).
- 1914 - Birth of Ernest Tubb in Texas, USA; guitarist/singer ("I'm Walking the Floor over You").
- 1914 - Birth of Ralph Herman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; orchestra leader (Circus Time).
- 1923 - Birth of Kathryn Grayson in North Carolina, USA; vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate).
- 1937 - Birth of Johnny Sayles; American vocalist ("You Made Me Wiggle").
- 1939 - Birth of Barry Mann; singer ("Who put the Bomp").
- 1940 - Birth of Brian Bennett in London, England; rock drummer (Shadows).
- 1942 - Birth of Carole King [Klein], in Brooklyn, New York, USA; pianist/singer (Tapestry).
- 1943 - Birth of Barbara Lewis; American vocalist ("Hello Stranger").
- 1947 - Birth of Joe Ely in Amarillo, Texas, USA; country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade).
- 1947 - Birth of Major Harris; American rhythm and blues singer ("Love won't Let me wait").
- 1951 - Birth of Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas; saxophonist (Kool and the Gang - "Celebration").
- 1963 - Birth of Travis Tritt in Marietta, Georgia, USA; country vocalist ("Country Club").
- 1964 - Birth of Rachel Bolan; rocker (Skid Row).
- 1966 - Birth of James "Rachel" Bolan in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Skid Row - "Psycho Love").
- 1984 - Birth of Han Geng; Chinese singer in Korea (Super Junior).
Deaths on February 9
- 1964 - Death of Willie Bryant at age 55; singer and bandleader (Sugar Hill Times TV show (1949)).
- 1966 - Death of Sophie Tucker at age 79 of lung and kidney disease; burlesque entertainer (Ed Sullivan Show TV show, The Good Life TV show).
- 1976 - Death of Percy Faith at age 67 of cancer; orchestra conductor, arranger and composer ("Song from the Moulin Rouge" (1953), "Theme From a Summer Place" 1960 Grammy award).
- 1981 - Death of William John Clifton Haley Junior AKA Bill Haley of a heart attack or brain tumor at age 55, found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlington, Texas, USA; rock and roll music pioneer (Bill Haley and His Comets, "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock").
- 1994 - Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakia/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at age 86.
- 1994 - Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone With the Wind), dies at age 88.
- 2021 - Death of Armando Corea AKA Chick Corea at age 79; American pianist (Miles Davis), composer, pioneer of jazz fusion (Return to Forever band, "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" song (1973), "Spain" song (1973), 23 Grammy awards).
- 2022 - Death of Ian McDonald; musician (King Crimson, Foreigner).
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