Today is Monday, February 9, the 40th day of 2009. There are 325 days left in the year.
1674 _ English re-conquer New York from Netherlands
1885 _ First Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1886 _ President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1904 _ Japan declares war on Russia
1942 _ Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S.
1969 _ World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes first commercial flight
1972 _ British government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
1985 _ Madonna's ``Like a Virgin" album goes No. 1 for 3 weeks
1990 _ Galileo flies by Venus
1997 _ Fox cartoon series ``Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history