On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, YMCA physical education
director, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette, which
would later be called volleyball. It was played preferably indoors by any
number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis,
handball, and another indoor sport that was catching on at the same time,
called basketball.

The first official ball used in volleyball is disputed, some sources say that
Spalding created the first official ball in 1896, while others claim it was in
1900.

William G. Morgan

  
                          Buddy Morrow (born Muni Zudekoff)   
                        (February 8, 1919-September 27, 2010) 

Morrow was a trombonist and bandleader, known for his mastery
of playing the upper range. He was once a member of The Tonight
Show Band. His early 1950s records such as “Night Train” appeared
on the Billboard charts.

Buddy Morrow was awarded the International Trombone Association’s
Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to his death he was the leader of
the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

  
           Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905)

French author Jules Verne is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864),
and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). He wrote about space, air, and
underwater travel before the invention of such means of transportation. Jules
Verne is often referred to as the “Father of Science Fiction”. Some of his books
have been made into live-action and animated films and TV shows.  

“Mack The Knife” was recorded by Bobby Darin at Fulton Studios in New
York city, on December 19, 1958 and was released the following year in
August. The single earned Darin a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.