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Events on February 9

• 1848 Due to clashes between the populace and the student bodyguard of his beloved Lola Montez, the Bavarian King Louis I orders the immediate closure of the University of Munich and demands that all students leave the city. This triggers strong protests in the city the following day.
• 1893 Giuseppe Verdi's final opera, the lyrical comedy Falstaff, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, is premiered with great success at La Scala in Milan.
• 1920 In the Paris suburb of Sèvres, numerous states sign the Svalbard Treaty, which grants Norway sovereignty over Spitzbergen (Norwegian: Svalbard). However, all parties to the treaty are permitted to engage in economic activities in the archipelago, which is declared a demilitarized zone.
• 1943 Following the defeat at the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific War, the Japanese withdraw their last troops from the Pacific island, which is subsequently developed into an Allied base.
• 1956 For the first time since the Second World War, the Vienna Opera Ball is held again.
• 1964 The Beatles make their first appearance on U.S. television. With five songs (All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There and I Want to Hold Your Hand) on The Ed Sullivan Show, they become known to an audience of millions.
• 1969 The Boeing 747, the world's largest commercial aircraft until 2005, makes its maiden flight.
• 1973 Great Britain and France establish diplomatic relations with East Germany.
• 1978 The film Star Wars opens in German cinemas.
• 1982 The German band Trio releases the single Da Da Da ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha, which develops into a worldwide hit over the course of the year.
• 1991 In a referendum, the people of Lithuania vote with over 90% support and a turnout of 85% in favor of independence from the Soviet Union.
• 2016 In the Bad Aibling rail accident, two Meridian trains operated by the Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB) collide on the single-track Mangfall Valley Railway near Bad Aibling. 11 people were killed, 18 were seriously injured, and 63 were slightly injured.

Born on February 9

• 1885 Alban Berg, Austrian composer
• 1891 Ronald Colman, British actor
• 1902 Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Reich Women's Leader in the Third Reich
• 1931 Thomas Bernhard, Austrian writer
• 1940 Hubert Burda, German art historian and publisher
• 1940 J. M. Coetzee, South African writer and Nobel laureate
• 1980 Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 1980 Cassandra Steen, German pop, soul and R&B singer
• 1981 Tom Hiddleston, British actor
• 1991 Almuth Schult, German women's footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „9. Februar“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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