Talk:February 9

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February 9: Feast day of Saint Apollonia (in Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy) Australian Defence Force Ensign 1861 – Jefferson Davis was named the provisional president of the Confederate States of America. 1971 – An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people. 1976 – The Australian Defence Force (ensign pictured) was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force. 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. 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. Agnès Sorel (d. 1450) Alberto Vargas (b. 1896) Philipp Harnoncourt (b. 1931) Tom Hiddleston (b. 1981) More anniversaries: February 8 February 9 February 10

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The 1855 footprints in the snow in Devon is quite a famous story, and if any one is curious about sources, I can supply them (Maypoles, Martyrs and Mayhem, for a start). Why was it removed so quickly? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The event did not link to an article that supported it. Per WP:DAYS events must link to an existing article that mentions the event explicitly. The question of this event's long term global notability is another reason. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 21:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

St Maroun's Day vs Maron as a saint

It seems to me that it would be better to list (St. Maron) as a saint (Maronite Church) and list St Maron's day below. --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 19:57, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 February 2019

Under Events where is says "2018 Winter Olympics : opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.", I wish to take the colon and place it directly after "Olympics" so there is no space between the word and punctuation. 98.210.124.96 (talk) 00:29, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done DannyS712 (talk) 00:44, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2019

Add birth 1853 Leander Starr Jameson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander_Starr_Jameson) 202.175.142.20 (talk) 21:32, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

 DoneRhinosF1^(chat)_{(status)(contribs)} 15:04, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Lennard Pearce

Lennard Pearce needs adding to the birthdays list, was unjustly removed after I added him Mustardwilleywandererscc (talk) 13:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

As stated by @Pewtey in the edit summary for their reversion of your edit, all new entries require an inline citation. Please read WP:DOYCITE for more information. Kiwipete (talk) 01:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Wrong birth date of Sultan Abdulaziz

Sultan Abdulaziz was not born on February 9th but on February 8th. Your own article in Wikipedia says so. Make the necessary correction. 2A02:AB04:2D4:8C00:AC1E:824F:B791:8F15 (talk) 09:00, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Gulf of America Day

I have been instructed to take this to the talk page. Political opinions aside – should this be included? https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/gulf-of-america-day-2025/ Castlemore7 (talk) 12:32, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

I'm possibly being a bit pedantic, but I would say no. The link you added, Gulf of America Day, is to an article about a dispute, not about an actual day that is celebrated in and of itself. Kiwipete (talk) 08:40, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Okay, this is a fair point. WP:WAIT I guess - will see if this is a one-off gimmick or if it becomes an actual thing in the years to come. Thanks, Castlemore7 (talk) 15:21, 21 March 2025 (UTC)