February 09

1913 - A meteor procession was visible along a great circle arc of 6,040 miles across the Americas.

• Astronomer Clarence Chant concludes that the source was a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• The event is referred to as the "Great Meteor Procession of 1913."
  

1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.

1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.

1986 - Halley's Comet reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the inner solar system in the 20th century.

1995 - Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.