Figure Skating Gold Is Russia’s First
By Jeré Longman
Russia won the long program in men’s, women’s and pairs competition for a resounding victory in the team event, a restorative achievement for a nation.
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On this day
February 9, 2014
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Europe’s Painful Past Colors a Film Festival
By Rachel Donadio
Europe’s past is evident at the Berlin International Film Festival, as are topical issues like art repatriation and widespread intelligence gathering by the National Security Agency.
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Legacy in Mind, Taylor Plans a Center for Modern Dance
By Michael Cooper
As Paul Taylor celebrates his company’s 60th anniversary, he announces a plan to keep it going on for at least “another 60 years” by establishing a center for American modern dance.
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Rectitude and Desire, Both at Sea
By Anthony Tommasini
The powerful 2010 production of “Billy Budd” from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, directed by Michael Grandage, opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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These Dogs May Not Be Pure, but They’re Proficient
By Steve Eder
About 225 dogs competed Saturday at the Masters Agility Championship, an inaugural Westminster Kennel Club event that, unlike the best-in-show contest, was open to mixed-breed entrants.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 5, 2014, covering February 9, 2014.
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Frozen
Soundtrack
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- 1
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2014 Grammy Nominees
Various Artists
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- 2
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- 1
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Is There Anybody Out There?
A Great Big World
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- 3
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Beyonce
Beyonce
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Pure Heroine
Lorde
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Notable Deaths
2014Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (born 1918)[†]
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for Babette's Feast (1987), which he wrote and directed.
2014Hal Herring, American football player and coach (born 1924)[†]
Harold Moreland Herring was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Auburn University and professionally as a center and linebacker for the Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL). He later was a defensive coach at Auburn and for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers.
2014Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (born 1920)[†]
Major General Logan Scott-Bowden, was a British army officer. A Royal Engineers officer during World War II, he was the first commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment. Retiring as a major general in 1974, he served as the colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers from 1975 to 1980.
Historical Context for February 9, 2014
In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]