Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/February 9
Births
[edit]- 1773 - William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (d. 1841) (pictured)
- 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
- 1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
- 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
- 1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress
Deaths
[edit]- 1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
- 1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
- 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
- 1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley and the Comets) (b. 1925)