Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2010 with 325 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning star is Mercury. The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn.


Left: On February 9th, 1621, Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.

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