WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. FEBRUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 9. February

World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal. (9. February 1943)

World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic – HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat. (9. February 1945)

World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway. (9. February 1945)

Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. (9. February 1950)

Korean War: Geochang massacre (9. February 1951)

The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. (9. February 1959)

The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers. (9. February 1964)

Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam. (9. February 1965)

First test flight of the Boeing 747. (9. February 1969)

The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California. (9. February 1971)

Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (9. February 1971)

Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing. (9. February 1971)

Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of the opposition in the state assembly in Odisha, India. (9. February 1973)

The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. (9. February 1975)

Voters in Lithuania vote for independence. (9. February 1991)

The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf. (9. February 1996)

The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School. (9. February 2001)