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February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of the year (326 in leap years).

Events

• 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
• 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1788 – The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• 1822 – Haiti invades the newly founded Dominican Republic.
• 1825 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1870 – The U.S. Weather Bureau is established.
• 1885 – The first Japanese government-approved immigrants arrive in Hawaii.
• 1889 – The United States Department of Agriculture is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
• 1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
• 1900 – The Davis Cup competition is established.
• 1904 – Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur
• 1920 – Under the terms of the Spitsbergen Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• 1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed.
• 1942 – World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
• 1943 – World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic – HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
• 1950 – Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• 1960 – Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
• 1969 – First test flight of the Boeing 747.
• 1971 – The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
• 1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
• 1973 – Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party is elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
• 1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• 1991 – Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
• 1994 – Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
• 1995 – Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
• 1996 – The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by the explosion of a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
• 2001 – The American submarine USS Greeneville (SSN-772) accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.

Births

• 1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
• 1645 – Johann Aegidius Bach, German violist (d. 1716)
• 1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737)
• 1748 – Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
• 1756 – Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
• 1763 – Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
• 1769 – Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)
• 1773 – William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
• 1775 – Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856)
• 1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)
• 1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
• 1789 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
• 1800 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
• 1814 – Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
• 1830 – Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
• 1834 – Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912)
• 1839 – Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
• 1846 – Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
• 1846 – Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
• 1865 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
• 1865 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (d. 1949)
• 1867 – Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist. (d. 1916)
• 1874 – Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
• 1880 – Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
• 1891 – Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister (d. 1987)
• 1895 – Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959)
• 1897 – Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)
• 1901 – Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972)
• 1901 – James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
• 1902 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999)
• 1906 – André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Heather Angel, British actress (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. 2007)
• 1909 – Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
• 1909 – Dean Rusk, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
• 1911 – William Darby, American World War II Army officer (d. 1945)
• 1914 – Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1914 – Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986)
• 1915 – Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1916 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1922 – Kathryn Grayson, American actress
• 1922 – Jim Laker, English cricketer (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
• 1925 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
• 1928 – Frank Frazetta, American illustrator
• 1928 – Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 1929 – Clement Meadmore, Australian-born sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003)
• 1931 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
• 1931 – Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
• 1932 – Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player
• 1932 – Gerhard Richter, German painter
• 1933 – Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (d. 2003)
• 1934 – John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner
• 1936 – Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer
• 1936 – Clive Swift, British actor
• 1937 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Barry Mann, American singer
• 1939 – Janet Suzman, South African actress
• 1940 – Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows)
• 1940 – J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel laureate
• 1941 – Sheila Kuehl, American actress
• 1942 – Carole King, American singer
• 1943 – Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter
• 1943 – Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speedskater
• 1943 – Joe Pesci, American actor
• 1943 – Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1944 – Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality
• 1944 – Alice Walker, American writer
• 1945 – Mia Farrow, American actress
• 1945 – Gérard Lenorman, French singer
• 1946 – Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician
• 1946 – Vince Papale, American football player
• 1946 – Jim Webb, United States Senator from Virginia
• 1947 – Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
• 1947 – Joe Ely, American musician
• 1947 – Major Harris, American singer
• 1947 – Michel Lamarche, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1949 – Judith Light, American actress
• 1950 – Richard F. Colburn, American politician
• 1952 – Danny White, American football player
• 1952 – Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
• 1953 – Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
• 1953 – Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer
• 1954 – Mary Jo Duffy, American comic book writer and editor
• 1954 – Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
• 1954 – Kevin Warwick, Cyborg Scientist
• 1955 – Jim J. Bullock, American actor
• 1955 – Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
• 1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager
• 1958 – Chris Nilan, National Hockey League player
• 1958 – Cyrille Regis, English former footballer
• 1960 – Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
• 1960 – Peggy Whitson, NASA astronaut
• 1961 – John Kruk, American baseball player
• 1961 – Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
• 1962 – Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)
• 1963 – Brian Greene, American physicist
• 1963 – Travis Tritt, American singer
• 1965 – Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater
• 1965 – Julie Warner, American actress
• 1966 – Harald Eia, Norwegian TV – comedian
• 1966 – Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
• 1967 – Todd Pratt, American baseball player
• 1968 – Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
• 1968 – Rahul Roy, Indian actor
• 1969 – Ian Eagle, American sportscaster
• 1969 – Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1970 – Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
• 1971 – Sharon Case, American actress
• 1971 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
• 1972 – Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
• 1972 – Jason Winston George, American actor
• 1972 – Norbert Rozsa, Hungarian swimmer
• 1973 – Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
• 1973 – Colin Egglesfield, American actor
• 1974 – Brad Maynard, National Football League punter
• 1974 – Amber Valletta, American model
• 1974 – Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress & Beauty Queen
• 1974 – John Wallace, American basketball player
• 1975 – Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
• 1975 – Clinton Grybas, Australian Football commentator (d. 2008)
• 1976 – Charlie Day, American actor
• 1976 – Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 – Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
• 1979 – David Gray, English snooker player
• 1979 – Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
• 1979 – Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
• 1979 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
• 1980 – Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
• 1981 – Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
• 1981 – John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
• 1982 – Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
• 1982 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
• 1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
• 1984 – Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior
• 1984 – Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 – David Gallagher, American actor
• 1985 – Rachel Melvin, American actress
• 1986 – Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
• 1987 – Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
• 1987 – Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
• 1989 – Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player
• 1989 – Gia Farrell, American singer
• 1990 – Camille Winbush, American actress
• 1992 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
• 1993 – Shane Fitzgerald, High School Student
• 1996 – Jimmy Bennett, American actor

Deaths

• 1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
• 1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
• 1450 – Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
• 1555 – Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510)
• 1619 – Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
• 1675 – Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
• 1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664)
• 1751 – Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1752 – Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
• 1777 – Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)
• 1782 – Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Lebanese orientalist (b. 1710)
• 1803 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
• 1857 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)
• 1874 – Jules Michelet, French historian (b. 1798)
• 1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
• 1930 – Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician and captain, founder of Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1940 – Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
• 1951 – Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
• 1957 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
• 1960 – Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870)
• 1960 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
• 1966 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek actress (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919)
• 1976 – Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
• 1977 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
• 1978 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
• 1979 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (b. 1900)
• 1981 – Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
• 1984 – Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
• 1991 – James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
• 1994 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1934)
• 1995 – J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
• 1995 – David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945)
• 1999 – Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Robert Kearns, Inventor of the intermittent wiper (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Christopher Hyatt Occultist,Philosopher and Author. (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Scott Halpin, American musician, temporary drummer for (The Who) (b. 1954)
• 2009 – Eluana Englaro, an Italian woman who lived in a persistent vegetative state for 17 years (b. 1970)

Holidays and observances

• Saint Ansbert of Rouen
• Saint Maron's Day – Lebanon
• Saint Apollonia, patron saint of dentists and dental technicians
• Saint Teilo's Day – Wales
• February 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. ~ Eric Hoffer

• selected by Moby

2005

My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue,
An everlasting vision of the everchanging view,
A wondrous woven magic in bits of blue and gold,
A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold.
~ Carole King (born 9 February 1942)

• selected by Kalki

2006

Does it really matter what these affectionate people do — so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses? ~ Mrs Patrick Campbell (born 9 February 1865)

• selected by Kalki

2007

Belief may be no more, in the end, than a source of energy, like a battery which one clips into an idea to make it run. ~ J. M. Coetzee

• proposed by Kalki

2008

You've got to get up every morning with a smile in your face
And show the world all the love in your heart
The people gonna treat you better,
You're gonna find, yes you will,
That you're beautiful as you feel.
~ Carole King ~

• proposed by Kalki

2009

I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. And it is just this faith of mine that they laugh at. But how can I help believing it? I have seen the truth — it is not as though I had invented it with my mind, I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my soul for ever. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things. ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, (died 9 February, 1881). (Notes from the Underground)

• 4. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 23:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 03:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC) 2 Kalki 23:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC) but now leaning toward a zero. I simply do not consider this very appropriate as a WIkiquote quote of the day.
• 4 because Dostoyevsky says it the way humans feel it. Excellent, sometimes it is better to get the anger out. I love this quote. Zarbon 22:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The ideas Dostoyevsky presents are actually far more complex than this quote indicates. Your very high opinion of brutal impulses exhibits what to me seems a very low opinion of humankind, and leaves me with a very low opinion of you, and your capacity to learn much. Smashing things merely for the delight of it can be very pleasant to fools, but the only thing a truly wise person seeks to smash are the delusions which keep fools smashing each others lives and truly beautiful accomplishments in needless ways. ~ Kalki 19:26, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Your interpretation sounds almost exactly like something that Mohandas a.k.a. Mahatma Gandhi would say. Or to a lesser extent, Jesus. Sometimes, turning the cheek is not the appropriate thing to do. Sometimes, action comes from being brutal. Sometimes, it's nice to admit that ferocity can be pleasing. Do you want to know what's most disturbing? The fact that you'd override someone else's suggestion along with mine...two ratings of 4...which you of course shouldn't just based on your personal beliefs. I believe it's all good and fine to preach love and pleasantries to the extent that you do, but I also think that you shouldn't neglect an entire medium just based on your own opinion. If FYS sees this as a good suggestion, and I agree with it, maybe you should think farther than your own understanding to try and find some meaning as to why it's so powerful; hence the power behind the message that revenge is sweet, a dish best served cold, and even furthermore, why this quote holds such beauty. - Zarbon 01:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

You suggest I should "find some meaning as to why it's so powerful" — I actually do not disagree at all with Dostoyevsky's observation that "To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred" if one applies this to concern for personal well-being, as opposed to society's well-being, and also recognize that "Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things" is an impressive statement, especially to such fools who have extended their motivations but little beyond the infantile. But I also realize he is making far more complex and involved points than anything this brief comment properly indicates. And I would point out that this statement does not in any way mention "turning the other cheek" it mentions simply smashing things for the delight of smashing them.

In regard to your dismissive allusions, I will state that I am quite capable and strong enough to often "turn the other cheek" — but I am by no means an advocate of always doing so, and I believe you will find that I am also quite capable and willing to smash away at various forms of profound stupidity in very powerful ways when I choose to do so. And not merely because it gives me satisfaction, though I won't deny that it sometimes does — but because I truly believe that in some circumstances which can exist, that is the best way to fight some particular form of stupidity. I usually aim to be as gentle as possible and only as harsh as necessary with most people, especially those who are fair and honest, but it is a practice I can usually extend even to such profound idiots as seem to prefer to be as harsh as possible and only as gentle as necessary.

Extending the above passage beyond the briefly quoted portion one sees that Dostoyevsky is making an argument not merely for indulging of personal impulses, one might find circumstantially pleasant, but having a respect for deeper and more profound impulses, including a capacity and will to suffer. I do not agree with all Dostoyevsky or his characters say — but I know his thoughts, his reason, and his emotions reach to far more profound and truly insightful levels than I have ever seen much evidence of yours doing:

Is not reason in error as regards advantage? Does not man, perhaps, love something besides well-being? Perhaps he is just as fond of suffering? Perhaps suffering is just as great a benefit to him as well-being? Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering, and that is a fact. There is no need to appeal to universal history to prove that; only ask yourself, if you are a man and have lived at all. As far as my personal opinion is concerned, to care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it's good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things. I hold no brief for suffering nor for well-being either. I am standing for ... my caprice, and for its being guaranteed to me when necessary. Suffering would be out of place in vaudevilles, for instance; I know that. In the "Palace of Crystal" it is unthinkable; suffering means doubt, negation, and what would be the good of a "palace of crystal" if there could be any doubt about it? And yet I think man will never renounce real suffering, that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole origin of consciousness. Though I did lay it down at the beginning that consciousness is the greatest misfortune for man, yet I know man prizes it and would not give it up for any satisfaction. Consciousness, for instance, is infinitely superior to twice two makes four. Once you have mathematical certainty there is nothing left to do or to understand. There will be nothing left but to bottle up your five senses and plunge into contemplation.

As to using my own discretion in the final selection of another quote rather than this one, when it had two 4s, I would point out that you rather constanly seek to give undue weight to your preferences by giving low rankings to what are mostly highly ranked quotes of others, and now have the gall to whine and complain that I had the boldness to do so in this particular regard and to significantly diminish the ranked standing of two 4's with a 1. I have always recognized and asserted that you have the right to honestly express your opinions — even though you seem to gravitate to nonsensical nihilistic and absurdly authoritarian stances which I abhor, and I have always also maintained that I have the right to express mine, and to indicate, honestly, that I can have very little respect for many of those which you seem to embrace ardently.

I might possibly be more inclined to rank this quote even as high as a 2 if it were extended to slightly more context to this level of inclusion:

As far as my personal opinion is concerned, to care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it's good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things. I hold no brief for suffering nor for well-being either. I am standing for ... my caprice, and for its being guaranteed to me when necessary.

Fys has not weighed in on the matter since first making the suggestion, but I stated some of my objections to the quote as-it-stands very clearly, and I remain very inclined to going further than my presently ranking it (as it stands) merely at 1, and ranking it 0, as you often do to many quotes you don't want to see used, for nearly any reason, or no stated reason at all. To summarize my reasons: as I stated previously, the portion selected actually gives a very poor indication of Dostoyevsky's overall thoughts. ~ Kalki 03:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

That sentence is still the most powerful from that entire paragraph. I believe the message in there is that sometimes it's best to rid yourself of suffering through "smashing" or, as you put it, things you "abhor". I'm not surprised you abhor what I love, I wouldn't expect you to have the same feeling for what I find powerful and enigmatic. But that doesn't mean that others won't. Also, what astonishes me is that you can actually compare idiocy with supremacy, childish behavior with one's love for authoritarianism, and/or infantile behavior with the entire concept behind releasing one's anger. There's absolutely none of those emotions/feelings emitted by these quotations. They aren't infantile. In fact, they are genuine in that they are the derivations of Darwinism in their masked camouflage, which to me, is absolutely beautiful. Best put, something beautiful to me, may be disgusting to you and vice versa. When it comes to this specific quotation though, I believe it's most compelling when kept in its short format my dear comrade, hence it would lose its fervor if it were elongated. - Zarbon 05:11, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

You state "That sentence is still the most powerful from that entire paragraph" — I have conceded that it is striking — but taken alone, it is neither coherent nor representational of the points Dostoyevsky is actually making, and certainly not any expression of profound wisdom.

I will not refrain from asserting that the arguments and statements you present now and in the past are such as I have found to have little coherence or lucidity, and sometimes have perceived to be disingenuous and outright deceptions and lies, as seems to be in accord as with some of the nihilistic notions you seem to embrace.

You state that it astonishes you that I compare "idiocy with supremacy, childish behavior with one's love for authoritarianism, and/or infantile behavior with the entire concept behind releasing one's anger" — I will state flatly that your absurd notions of "supremacy" seem to me to be consummately idiotic, authoritarianism consummately childish, and the need to release one's anger in entirely destructive ways as entirely infantile.

I must also confess that I can have very little idea of what convoluted notions of things you might be embracing when you state such things as "they are genuine in that they are the derivations of Darwinism in their masked camouflage, which to me, is absolutely beautiful." And I do wish you'd stop calling me "dear comrade." I'd much rather be regularly be called a goddamned fool, by people of far more social appeal than you seem to posses (because I know myself to in very many ways be one, but I still am not so much a fool as you seem to be, with the presumptive and incoherent declarations you seem inclined to make). You seem to have often confused me with someone who is advocating the notion that all is "sweetness and light" — or that it should be. I like dwelling on much that is either sweet or light in many ways — but I have no delusions that such are the only qualities to be found in people or the world, or that they ever will be. ~ Kalki 08:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

I really wish you'd stop the name-calling. The word "idiotic" really doesn't appeal to me and I really don't think it would appeal to anyone in their right mind. You can tell a lot about a person based on how he treats others. Also, I don't appreciate you calling me a "fool" either. Or comparing myself to you. Or calling my declarations "incoherent". Or anything else of that nature. All people are unique because of their differences. If everyone was to agree about everything; if I agreed with you about all your assumptions, then we'd be a programmed mechanism, no more, no less. All I said was I don't enjoy how you yourself like to pursue on a constant basis the "dwelling on much that is either sweet or light in many ways". I would never limit myself to that. I never said you should agree with me, I just mean that you should ALLOW all forms of thought to pass, not just the ones you feel inclined to believe. It's moreso about acceptance than anything. And I don't see anything wrong with the word "comrade". It's certainly nicer than "fool", "idiot", and "incoherent" as you seem to freely abuse language of that caliber without any remorse. I have not once insulted you. I have disagreed with your ideology, or set forth a notion that contradicts your beliefs, but I have truly never insulted you. - Zarbon 05:46, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

• 0 Ningauble 16:42, 28 February 2009 (UTC) — Not suitable for Quote of the Day because the intent is lost without a great deal of context. It can be rewarding to contemplate this sort of observation by existentialists such as Dostoyevsky when one is following the development of ideas in which it is used, or knows where it is leading, but presenting it out-of-the-blue as a Quote of the Day is inappropriate. The problem is explicitly illustrated by this quote being championed by one who evidently disagrees strongly with Dostoyevsky's conclusions, his resolution to the existential crisis. (I would like to assume this is due to being unfamiliar with the ideas, rather than an intention to misrepresent them.) ~ Ningauble 16:42, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt. ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov.

• 3. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 23:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 23:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 22:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. ~ J. M. Coetzee

• 3 Kalki 23:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC) but willing to give this a 4 if someone else wants to.
• 1 Zarbon 22:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever. But that does not make me angry any more. They are all dear to me now even while they laugh at me — yes, even then they are for some reason particularly dear to me. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

• 3 Kalki 20:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC) but willing to give this a 4 if someone else wants to.
• 2 Zarbon 22:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant progress here. I have faith in myself. Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

• 3 Kalki 20:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC) but willing to give this a 4 if someone else wants to.
• 2 Zarbon 22:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

• 3 Kalki 20:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC) but willing to give this a 4 if someone else wants to.
• 2 Zarbon 22:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don't you let them.
~ Carole King ~

• 3 Kalki 19:26, 8 February 2009 (UTC) but willing to give this a 4 if someone else wants to.
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 01:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come runnin' to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend.
~ Carole King ~

• 3 Kalki 19:26, 8 February 2009 (UTC) but willing to give this a 4 if someone else wants to.
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 01:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

From StrategyWiki, the free strategy guide and walkthrough wiki

Games released on February 9.

From Wikia Gaming, your source for walkthroughs, games, guides, and more!

Game releases

• 2004
  • Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles released for the GameCube in North America
  • Metroid: Zero Mission released for the Game Boy Advance in North America

News events

• The 2006 D.I.C.E. Summit took place at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, Nevada on February 9 and February 10
• The 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards took place at DICE 2006.

From Familypedia

February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 325 days remaining until the end of the year (326 in leap years).

Events

• 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1555 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
• 1621 - Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1788 - The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• 1822 - Haiti invades the Dominican Republic.
• 1825 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery.
• 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
• 1885 - The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii.
• 1889 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet-level agency.
• 1895 - William G. Morgan invents volleyball.
• 1900 - Davis Cup competition is established.
• 1904 - Battle of Port Arthur
• 1920 - By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• 1922 - Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1934 - The Balkan Entente is formed.
• 1942 - World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• 1942 - Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States.
• 1943 - World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 1945 - The Battle of the Atlantic the HMS Venturer sinking U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway.
• 1950 - Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists.
• 1960 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• 1962 - Jamaica becomes independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers.
• 1965 - Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
• 1966 - The NHL announces its intended expansion that will double its size.
• 1969 - First test flight of the Boeing 747.
• 1971 - The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
• 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
• 1973 - Biju Patnaik of the Pragati Legislature Party elected leader of opposition in the state assembly in Orissa, India.
• 1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• 1986 - Comet Halley reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century.
• 1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
• 1994 - Vance-Owen peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina is announced.
• 1995 - Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.
• 1996 - The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
• 2001 - The American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally strikes and sinks the Ehime-Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by the Uwajima Fishery High School.

Births

• 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611)
• 1645 - Johann Aegidius Bach, German violistian (d. 1716)
• 1666 - George Hamilton, British soldier (d. 1737)
• 1748 - Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826)
• 1756 - Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
• 1763 - Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
• 1769 - Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802
• 1773 - William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (d. 1841)
• 1775 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856)
• 1781 - Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist (d. 1826)
• 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852)
• 1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
• 1800 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
• 1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
• 1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876)
• 1834 - Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912)
• 1839 - Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1896)
• 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929)
• 1846 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
• 1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940)
• 1865 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (d. 1949)
• 1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925)
• 1880 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)

• 1885 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
• 1891 - Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958)
• 1892 - Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1892 - Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (d. 1936)
• 1895 - Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959)
• 1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935)
• 1901 - Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972)
• 1901 - James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
• 1902 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999)
• 1906 - André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
• 1909 - Heather Angel, British actress (d. 1986)
• 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955)
• 1909 - Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
• 1909 - Harald Genzmer, German composer
• 1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
• 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (d. 1970)
• 1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1914 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986)
• 1915 - Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1916 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress
• 1922 - Jim Laker, English cricketer (d. 1986)
• 1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
• 1925 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
• 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
• 1928 - Frank Frazetta, American illustrator
• 1928 - Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
• 1928 - Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003)
• 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and novelist (d. 1989)
• 1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer
• 1932 - Gerhard Richter, German painter
• 1933 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (d. 2003)
• 1934 - John Ziegler, former NHL Commissioner
• 1936 - Clive Swift, British actor
• 1936 - Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer
• 1939 - Barry Mann, American singer
• 1939 - Janet Suzman, South African actress
• 1940 - Brian Bennett, British musician (The Shadows)
• 1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel laureate
• 1941 - Sheila Kuehl, American actress
• 1942 - Carole King, American singer
• 1943 - Barbara Lewis, American singer and songwriter
• 1943 - Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speedskater
• 1943 - Joe Pesci, American actor
• 1943 - Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1944 - Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality
• 1944 - Alice Walker, American writer
• 1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress
• 1945 - Gérard Lenorman, French singer
• 1946 - Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician
• 1946 - Vince Papale, NFL player
• 1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
• 1947 - Joe Ely, American musician
• 1949 - Judith Light, American actress
• 1950 - Richard F. Colburn, American politician
• 1952 - Danny White, American football player
• 1952 - Mookie Wilson, American baseball player
• 1953 - Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
• 1953 - Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer
• 1954 - Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
• 1954 - Kevin Warwick, Cyborg Scientist
• 1955 - JM J. Bullock, American actor
• 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
• 1957 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager
• 1958 - Chris Nilan, National Hockey League player
• 1958 - Cyrille Regis, English former footballer
• 1960 - Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
• 1961 - John Kruk, American baseball player
• 1961 - Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
• 1962 - Anik Bissonnette, Quebec ballet dancer (Les Grands Ballets Canadiens)
• 1963 - Brian Greene, American physicist
• 1963 - Travis Tritt, American singer
• 1965 - Igor Malkov, Russian speedskater
• 1965 - Julie Warner, American actress
• 1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete
• 1967 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player
• 1969 - Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1968 - Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
• 1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer
• 1971 - Sharon Case, American actress
• 1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
• 1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor
• 1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast
• 1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
• 1975 - Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
• 1976 - Charlie Day, American actor
• 1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 - Georgios Korakakis, Greek footballer
• 1977 - Eric Lai, Canadian Industrialist, born in Taiwan
• 1978 - Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
• 1978 - Daniel Mann, British television commentator
• 1979 - David Gray, English snooker player
• 1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
• 1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
• 1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
• 1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 1980 - Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
• 1981 - Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
• 1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter
• 1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
• 1983 - Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
• 1984 - Han Kyung, Korean singer Super Junior
• 1984 - Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
• 1986 - Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
• 1987 - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
• 1987 - Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
• 1989 - Wu Chia-ching, Taiwanese pool player
• 1989 - Gia Farrell, American singer
• 1990 - Camille Winbush, American actress
• 1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor

Deaths

• 1011 - Bernard I
• 1199 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
• 1450 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
• 1555 - Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510)
• 1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
• 1640 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
• 1675 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
• 1709 - François Louis, French general (b. 1664)
• 1751 - Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
• 1752 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (b. 1722)
• 1777 - Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (b. 1706)
• 1782 - Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710)
• 1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (b. 1716)
• 1857 - Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem (b. 1798)
• 1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian (b. 1798)
• 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 - Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American poet (b. 1872)
• 1940 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1857)
• 1951 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
• 1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral (b. 1868)
• 1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (b. 1870)
• 1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1877)
• 1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born actress (b. 1884)
• 1969 - Gabby Hayes, American actor (b. 1885)
• 1973 - Max Yasgur, American farmer (Woodstock Festival) (b. 1919)
• 1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian musician (b. 1908)
• 1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1894)
• 1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
• 1978 - Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1935)
• 1979 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
• 1981 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
• 1984 - Yuri Andropov, Soviet politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
• 1991 - James Cleveland, American gospel singer (b. 1931)
• 1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1934)
• 1995 - J. William Fulbright, American politician (b. 1905)
• 1995 - David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1997 - Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (b. 1945)
• 1999 - Bryan Mosley, British actor (b. 1931)
• 2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 - Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
• 2002 - Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (b. 1937)
• 2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
• 2006 - Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922)
• 2006 - Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
• 2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

• Saint Ansbert of Rouen
• Saint Maron's Day - Lebanon
• Saint Apollonia, patron saint of dentists and dental technicians
• February 9

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada