1. On February 9, 1909, Oklahoma's first state capitol building officially opened its doors. The building, located in Guthrie, served as the state's capitol until the state government moved to Oklahoma City in 1910.

2. Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater, was founded on February 9, 1890, as the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College.

3. The first African American woman to be elected to the Oklahoma legislature, Juanita Kidd Stout, was born on February 9, 1919, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1942 to 1944.

4. In 1996, the Oklahoma City Thunder's current head coach, Billy Donovan, recorded his 100th win as the head coach of the University of Florida men's basketball team on February 9.

5. On February 9, 1924, the infamous outlaw, John Dillinger, robbed a bank in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his gang. The robbery netted them over $19,000 and resulted in a shootout with police, leaving several gang members wounded. Dillinger was not present during the shootout.