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9 February 2017 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 February 2017 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Bad and Boujee” by Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert.
- Top Film of 2017
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 9 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 February 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 February 2017 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 9 February
- 1996 Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
- 2018 Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.
- 2020 Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis.
- 2021 Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.
- 2025 The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.
Famous people born on February 9
- Rose Leslie, Scottish actress (born 1987)
- Tom Hiddleston, English actor (born 1981)
- Michael B. Jordan, American actor (born 1987)
- Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and model (born 1945)
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Events of 2017 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
- February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
- May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Life in the US in 2017
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.42
Loaf of Bread
$2.08
Average House
$323,100
Weekly Wage
$869
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