On February 9, 2002, the world bid farewell to Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away in London at the age of 71.

NASA astronaut Bernard Harris becomes the first Black man to walk in space.

After stunning the world three months earlier with the news he had contracted the HIV virus and was immediately retiring from the Los Angeles Lakers, basketball great Magic Johnson returns to play in the 42nd NBA All-Star game in Orlando, Florida, where the crowd greeted him with a standing ovation.

In 1986, the cosmic spectacle of Halley’s Comet graced the night sky, marking its first return to the solar system since 1910.

In February 1984, the Soviet Union witnessed a significant political transition with the death of General Secretary Yuri V.

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On February 9, 1963, the aviation world witnessed a significant milestone with the inaugural flight of the Boeing 727 from Renton, Washington.

In 1962, a historic milestone was reached when Jamaica signed an agreement that paved the way for its independence from British colonial rule.

Adolph Coors disappears while driving to work from his Morrison, Colorado, home.

During a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin) claims that he has a list with the names of over 200 members of the Department of State that are “known communists.