February 9, the day in history

On this day in 1849, Rome is proclaimed republic under Giuseppe Mazzini

Today is Wednesday, February 9, the thirty eighth day of 2005.
There are 325 days left in the year.

Highlights in history on this date:

1667 - Peace of Andrusovo ends the Thirteen Years' War between Russia and Poland, giving Russia the eastern Ukraine, including Kiev.
1718 - French colonists arrive in Louisiana.
1788 - Austria's Joseph II declares war on Turkey.

1801 - Peace of Luneville between Austria and France marks virtual destruction of Holy Roman Empire.
1825 - US House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes.
1849 - Rome is proclaimed republic under Giuseppe Mazzini.
1870 - The US Weather Bureau is established.

1909 - Germany recognizes France's special interests in Morocco.
1934 - Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey sign the Balkan Pact.
1941 - German troops under Gen. Erwin Rommel cross from Italy to North Africa in World War II.
1943 - The World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ends with an American victory over Japanese forces.
1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within British Commonwealth.
1964 - The Beatles make their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1971 - Earthquake near Los Angeles kills at least 64 people.
1991 - Approximately 90 percent of those casting ballots in Lithuania's referendum on independence vote in favor of secession from the Soviet Union.
1994 - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres, Israel's foreign minister, reach agreement on security issues that have stalled the Israeli PLO peace accord.
1995 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin says that Russian troops have pacified Chechnya. In reality, fighting continues and the Russians are later forced to withdraw from the separatist region.
1996 - A bomb explodes in a London business district, killing two, injuring 37 and causing an estimated $125 million in damage. The IRA claims responsibility.
1999 - An Ethiopian plane bombs an Eritrean village full of homeless people, killing at least five civilians and escalating a border dispute.

2001 - U.S. Navy submarine collides with a Japanese fishing vessel about 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Honolulu, Hawaii, sinking the ship and leaving nine of its passengers missing at sea.
2002 - Hundreds of singing Ethiopians line Addis Ababa's streets to welcome the return of a replica of the Ark of the Covenant looted from Ethiopia by British soldiers along with gold and silver artifacts more than 130 years ago.
2003 - Iranian President Mohammed Khatami announces Iran has mined uranium for use in its power plants. He says Iran would retain control of the entire cycle of use of the uranium it mined, from processing the uranium ore to reprocessing the spent reactor fuel.

Today's Birthdays:
Leander Starr Jameson, South African statesman (1853-1917)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English actress (1865-1940)
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, Australian aviation pioneer (1897-1935)
Carole King, U.S. singer/songwriter (1942--)
Alice Walker, U.S. author (1944--)
Mia Farrow, U.S. actress (1945--)
Amrita Singh, actor
Rahul Roy, actor

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