1. The Idaho state legislature officially designated February 9th as "Idaho Day" in 2014, in honor of the state's founding on that day in 1890.

2. In 1933, the town of St. Maries in northern Idaho experienced a devastating flood that destroyed much of the downtown area and caused significant damage to homes and businesses throughout the region.

3. On February 9, 1965, the University of Idaho dedicated its new law school building, which was named in honor of former Idaho governor and U.S. senator James E. Murray.

4. In 2016, the Idaho State Board of Education approved a new initiative aimed at promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education throughout the state's K-12 schools.

5. The town of Ketchum, Idaho is known as the final resting place of author Ernest Hemingway, who took his own life there in 1961. Every February 9th, the community holds a commemorative event at Hemingway's gravesite in the Ketchum Cemetery.