Historical Events for 9th February 2024

1941 – Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafĂ© Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang “No Entry for Jews” signs in front of cafe)
1945 – The Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway
1945 – WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
1946 – Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1971 – Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1974 – “Daddy What If” by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1983 – Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1996 – WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
2014 – Slovak biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina retains her Olympic 7.5k sprint title (Vancouver 2010) at the Sochi Winter Games
2018 – XXIII Olympic Winter Games open in PyeongChang, South Korea

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