February 9, 2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City February 9, 1998 6th annual ESPY Awards February 9, 1998 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze February 9, 1998 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 February 9, 1997 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds February 9, 1997 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland February 9, 1997 Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House), dies at 53 February 9, 1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am February 9, 1997 LG Senior Golf Championship February 9, 1997 Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational February 9, 1997 Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am February 9, 1997 Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games February 9, 1996 Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83 February 9, 1996 Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at 80 February 9, 1996 Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist, dies at 44 February 9, 1996 Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86 February 9, 1996 Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74 February 9, 1996 WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM February 9, 1995 David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], U.S. actor (Dallas), dies at 81 February 9, 1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)