Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 9
- 474 - As the seven-year old Leo II was deemed too young to rule, his father Zeno was crowned as the co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 1895 - Volleyball (pictured) was invented by William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
- 1920 - The Svalbard Treaty was signed, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
- 1950 - Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accused the U.S. State Department of being filled with communists.
- 1960 - Actress Joanne Woodward was honored with the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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