deaths
February 9, 1995
Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (born 1924)
Kalevi Keihänen
Åke Kalevi Keihänen was a Finnish travel agency entrepreneur, director of Keihäsmatkat and a groundbreaking figure in Finnish tourism. Keihänen became known for his extravagant behaviour, long hair and unique style of dress – in advertisement photography, he wore a chinchilla fur coat with only a pair of swimming trunks underneath. The coat was said to have cost him 120,000 markka. Keihänen was said to have copied his style of dress from the Danish travel agency entrepreneur Simon Spies.
February 9
February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 325 days remain until the end of the year.