Replaying Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The February 9, 2011 was a Wednesday under the star sign of . It was the 39 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 15 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, February 9, 2026, 117 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, February 9, 2027, in 247 days. You have lived for 5,596 days, or about 134,306 hours, or about 8,058,412 minutes, or about 483,504,720 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Tom Hiddleston (comedian, film actor, film producer, musician, stage actor, television actor, born February 9, 1981)
  • Mia Farrow (actor, autobiographer, film actor, human rights activist, model, photographer, singer, stage actor, television actor, born February 9, 1945)
  • Joe Pesci (actor, character actor, comedian, film actor, musician, singer, television actor, born February 9, 1943)
  • Rose Leslie (actor, aristocrat, film actor, stage actor, born February 9, 1987)
  • Zhang Ziyi (actor, dancer, film actor, model, stage actor, born February 9, 1979)
  • William Henry Harrison (diplomat, military officer, politician, slaveholder, statesperson, born February 9, 1773)
  • Carole King (actor, composer, film actor, musician, pianist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, voice actor, born February 9, 1942)
  • Ciarán Hinds (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 9, 1953)
  • Makoto Shinkai (animator, author, cinematographer, film director, film editor, illustrator, novelist, screenwriter, voice actor, born February 9, 1973)
  • Louis Rey's mother (businessperson, financier, motivational speaker, stockbroker, writer, born February 9, 1954)
  • Avan Jogia (actor, film actor, film director, karateka, model, singer-songwriter, television actor, born February 9, 1992)
  • Amrita Singh (film actor, television actor, born February 9, 1958)
  • Charlie Day (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, showrunner, television actor, born February 9, 1976)
  • Henry Cejudo (amateur wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter, born February 9, 1987)
  • Natsume Sōseki (novelist, poet, university teacher, writer, born February 9, 1867)
  • Choi Jin-hyuk (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born February 9, 1986)
  • Prince Shōtoku (politician, born February 7, 574)
  • Terry McAuliffe (author, banker, lawyer, politician, born February 9, 1957)
  • Thomas Paine (entrepreneur, journalist, opinion journalist, philosopher, politician, prosaist, writer, born February 9, 1737)
  • Gerhard Richter (illustrator, painter, photographer, university teacher, visual artist, born February 9, 1932)
  • Ernesto Valverde (association football manager, association football player, born February 9, 1964)
  • Jordi Cruyff (association football manager, association football player, born February 9, 1974)
  • Judith Light (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 9, 1949)
  • Alice Walker (actor, children's writer, civil rights advocate, climate activist, educator, essayist, film producer, novelist, poet, screenwriter, short story writer, university teacher, writer, born February 9, 1944)
  • Amber Valletta (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born February 9, 1974)
  • Carmen Miranda (actor, dancer, singer, born February 9, 1909)
  • Charles Shaughnessy (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 9, 1955)
  • Ciprian Tătărușanu (association football player, born February 9, 1986)
  • Jimmy Bennett (actor, child actor, film actor, television actor, born February 9, 1996)
  • Holly Johnson (artist, guitarist, musician, painter, singer, songwriter, writer, born February 9, 1960)
  • Alejandra Guzmán (composer, film actor, singer, television actor, born February 9, 1958)
  • Han Geng (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born February 9, 1984)
  • Vasily Chapayev (military leader, born February 9, 1887)
  • Almuth Schult (association football player, born February 9, 1991)
  • Kenya Kinski-Jones (model, born February 9, 1993)
  • The Rev (drummer, musician, pianist, singer, songwriter, born February 9, 1981)
  • Joseph E. Stiglitz (critic, economist, non-fiction writer, professor, science writer, university teacher, writer, born February 9, 1943)
  • Tatyana Golikova (economist, politician, born February 9, 1966)
  • Margarita Levieva (actor, film actor, rhythmic gymnast, stage actor, television actor, born February 9, 1980)
  • Rina Chinen (actor, seiyū, singer, born February 9, 1981)
  • Christoph Maria Herbst (actor, comedian, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born February 9, 1966)
  • David Simon (actor, film producer, novelist, reporter, screenwriter, showrunner, television producer, born February 9, 1960)
  • Ami Suzuki (actor, composer, dancer, lyricist, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born February 9, 1982)
  • Colin Egglesfield (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born February 9, 1973)
  • Wataru Endo (association football player, born February 9, 1993)
  • Toshiaki Kasuga (owarai tarento, radio personality, television presenter, born February 9, 1979)
  • Lolo Ferrari (dancer, film actor, glamour model, pornographic actor, singer, television presenter, born February 9, 1963)
  • Misato Tanaka (actor, seiyū, born February 9, 1977)
  • Thomas Bernhard (author, linguist, novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter, writer, born February 9, 1931)
  • Rinus Michels (association football manager, association football player, born February 9, 1928)

9th of February 2011 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 9, 2011

Patriot Act Extension Fails in House

Date: 09 February 2011

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The House defeated a bid Tuesday to extend for nine months the government’s authority to conduct roving wiretaps of terror suspects, along with two other expiring provisions of the Patriot Act.

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News Reports Say Cardinal Protected an Abuser

Date: 10 February 2011

By Stephen Castle

Stephen Castle

The reports said that the retired archbishop of Utrecht, Adrianus Simonis, was told of an abusive priest whom he then allowed to remain in the church.

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Teachers’ Colleges Upset by Plan to Grade Them

Date: 09 February 2011

By Trip Gabriel

Trip Gabriel

Deans push back as U.S. News & World Report prepares for new ratings.

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Scotland Yard Expands its Hacking Inquiry

Date: 09 February 2011

By Graham Bowley

Graham Bowley

British investigators said that they would contact additional people who may have had their voicemail messages illegally intercepted by reporters at a London newspaper.

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Emotions of a Reluctant Hero Galvanize Protesters

Date: 09 February 2011

By Kareem Fahim and Mona El-Naggar

Kareem Fahim

An interview with the Google executive and activist Wael Ghonim injected vigor into Egypt’s protests.

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And the Winner Is — Anonymous

Date: 10 February 2011

By James Estrin

James Estrin

Pictures of the Year International is letting everyone know which images are award winners. But not yet whose. James Estrin wonders why.

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Taiwan General Charged in Spy Case

Date: 09 February 2011

By Edward Wong

Edward Wong

Officials announced an arrest in what is seen as the most prominent espionage case in Taiwan in decades.

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Under Banner of Fiscal Restraint, Republicans Plan New Abortion Bills

Date: 09 February 2011

By Jennifer Steinhauer

Jennifer Steinhauer

Two G.O.P. measures in the House would greatly expand restrictions on financing for and access to abortions.

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Afghan Government Says Prisoner Directed Attacks

Date: 10 February 2011

By Rod Nordland and Sharifullah Sahak

Rod Nordland

A cell of suicide bombers operating in Kabul was run by a Taliban member operating from inside the city’s main prison, Afghan officials said.

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Iran’s Chief Prosecutor Criticizes Planned Rally Backing Revolts

Date: 09 February 2011

By William Yong

William Yong

Iranian leaders have praised the revolts, but resist nonofficial rallies to support them.

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