Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/February 9

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Births

1773 - William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (d. 1841) (pictured)
1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress

Deaths

1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley and the Comets) (b. 1925)