Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame. Date: February 9, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 6.5–6.7 Mw  Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000. Date: February 9, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth. Date: February 9, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)

Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24. Date: February 9, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Date: February 9, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. Date: February 9, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System. Date: February 9, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)

Civil unrest broke out across Palestine. Date: February 9, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union. Date: February 9, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)