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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1234" title="1234">1234</a> – Caizhou, the capital of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(1115%E2%80%931234)" title="Jin dynasty (1115–1234)">Jin dynasty</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Caizhou" title="Siege of Caizhou">was captured</a></b> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongol Empire</a> and their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song</a> allies, bringing an end to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurchen_people" title="Jurchen people">Jurchen</a> rule.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1855" title="1855">1855</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Footprints" title="Devil's Footprints">A series of hoof-like marks in the snow</a></b> continuing through the countryside for some 40 to 100 miles (60 to 160 km) were discovered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a> – A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_procession" title="Meteor procession">meteor procession</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Great_Meteor_Procession" title="1913 Great Meteor Procession">was observed</a></b> along a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle" title="Great circle">great circle</a> arc from Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a small, short-lived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite" title="Natural satellite">natural satellite</a> of the Earth.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Stanley Bruce</a></b> became prime minister of Australia as leader of the country's first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> government.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> – As <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlemania" title="Beatlemania">Beatlemania</a></b> swept the United States, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> made <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_on_The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show">their first appearance</a></b> on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i> before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Invasion" title="British Invasion">British Invasion</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo" title="Minamoto no Yoritomo">Minamoto no Yoritomo</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1199); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Richter" title="Gerhard Richter">Gerhard Richter</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon" title="Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon">Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2002)</p>