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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year%27s_Eve" title="Chinese New Year's Eve">Chinese New Year's Eve</a></b> (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1799" title="1799">1799</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-War" title="Quasi-War">Quasi-War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1797)" title="USS Constellation (1797)">USS <i>Constellation</i></a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_vs_L%27Insurgente" title="USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente">captured</a></b> the French frigate <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Insurgent" title="USS Insurgent">Insurgente</a></i> in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_single-ship_actions" title="List of single-ship actions">single-ship action</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a></b> was named the provisional president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a> – More than 3,000 women in London participated in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_March_(suffragists)" title="Mud March (suffragists)">Mud March</a></b>, the first large procession organised by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Women%27s_Suffrage_Societies" title="National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies">National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a></b> was formed by the integration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – Two commuter trains <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Aibling_rail_accident" title="Bad Aibling rail accident">collided head-on</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Aibling" title="Bad Aibling">Bad Aibling</a> in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Quiney" title="Judith Quiney">Judith Quiney</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1662); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aletta_Jacobs" title="Aletta Jacobs">Aletta Jacobs</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1854); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Martin_Temin" title="Howard Martin Temin">Howard Martin Temin</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1994); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_G%C3%BCnd%C3%BCz_Ikeda" title="Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda">Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2003)</p>