What Happened In February 2009 In History

Historical Events for February, 2009

• 10th » The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 2009 satellite collision e.g collide in orbit, destroying both.
• 12th » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
• 20th » 2009 suicide air raid on Colombo known as Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
• 25th » Members of the Border Guards Bangladesh named Bangladesh Rifles 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt named mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including more than 50 army officials.

Famous Deaths for February 2009

• 4th » Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (The Cramps) (b. 1946)
• 6th » Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)
• 6th » James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921)
• 7th » Molly Bee, American singer and actress (b. 1939)
• 7th » Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser known as Taser gun (b. 1920)
• 7th » Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
• 7th » Brian Naylor (broadcaster) or Brian Naylor, Australian television host (b. 1931)
• 8th » Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)
• 9th » Eluana Englaro, Italian medical patient (b. 1970)
• 9th » Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban bassist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1933)
• 10th » Leila Hadley, American author (b. 1926)
• 10th » Jeremy Lusk, American motocross racer (b. 1984)
• 11th » Estelle Bennett, American singer (The Ronettes) (b. 1941)
• 11th » Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician (b. 1911)
• 12th » victims of Colgan Air Flight 3407:
• 13th » Edward Upward, English author (b. 1903)
• 14th » Bernard Ashley (businessman) called Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1926)
• 14th » Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer (b. 1924)
• 14th » John McGlinn, American conductor (b. 1953)
• 15th » Joe Cuba, American singer (b. 1931)
• 15th » Diether Haenicke, American academic (b. 1935)
• 16th » Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korean cardinal (b. 1921)
• 17th » Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
• 17th » Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
• 17th » Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (b. 1962)
• 18th » Eleanor Jorden, American scholar and educator (b. 1920)
• 18th » Tayeb Salih, Sudanese author and journalist (b. 1929)
• 18th » Miika Tenkula, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sentenced (band) known as Sentenced) (b. 1974)
• 19th » Kelly Groucutt, English singer and bass player (Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II) (b. 1945)
• 22nd » Candido Cannavò, Italian journalist (b. 1930)
• 24th » C. R. Johnson, American skier (b. 1983)
• 25th » Philip José Farmer, American author (b. 1918)
• 26th » Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 26th » Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
• 26th » Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)
• 28th » Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918)

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