On this day, February 9, is the birthday of Father Jose Apolonio Burgos (1837) in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.
The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014].
On this day, In 1943 the battle at Guadalcanal ended. The allies won against the Japanese.
In 1996, Peter Armbruster at the Gesellschaft fur schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany discovered element 112, Copernicius.
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