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January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar . There are 356 days remaining (357 in
leap years ).
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople .
1349 - The Jewish population of Basel , Switzerland , is rounded up and incinerated, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague .
1431 - Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France , the seat of the English occupation government.
1760 - Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat .
1768 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London ).
1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States .
1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States .
1816 - Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for Miners at Hebburn Colliery.
1822 - The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king João VI , starting the Brazilian independence process.
1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
1857 - The Fort Tejon earthquake of California occurs, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.
1858 - Anson Jones , the final President of the Republic of Texas , commits suicide.
1861 - American Civil War : The "Star of the West " incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina . It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War .")
1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War .
1863 - The first section of the London Underground Railway opens -- between Paddington and Farringdon Street .
1863 - American Civil War : the Battle of Fort Hindman occurs in Arkansas .
1878 - Umberto I becomes King of Italy .
1880 - The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
1882 - Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York .
1894 - New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery -operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts .
1900 - S.S. Lazio is founded in Rome , Italy .
1903 - Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson , son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson , becomes the second Governor-General of Australia .
1905 - According to the Julian Calendar which was used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Czarist troops known as Bloody Sunday , setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905 .
1912 - United States Marines invade Honduras .
1916 - The Ottoman Empire prevails in the Battle of Çanakkale , as the last British troops are evacuated.
1917 - World War I : the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine .
1923 - Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
1929 - The Seeing Eye is established in Nashville, Tennessee , with the mission to train dogs for assisting the blind .
1941 - First flight of the Avro Lancaster .
1945 - The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines .
1947 - Last night Elizabeth "Betty" Short AKA *Black Dahlia * was seen alive before her gruesome murder
1951 - United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City .
1960 - Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt .
1964 - Several Panamanian youths try to put up the Panamanian flag on the US-controlled Panama Canal Zone , during the fight the Panama flag is torn, setting off four days of fighting between US armed forces and civilian Panamanians around the country. This day is known as Martyrs' Day .
1965 - The Hope Slide in British Columbia kills 4 people near Hope, British Columbia .
1972 - RMS Queen Elizabeth Victoria Harbour , Hong Kong .
1977 - The Oakland Raiders defeat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 at Super Bowl XI . Wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff is named Most Valuable Player.
1986 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid , Kodak leaves the instant camera business.
1991 - The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.
1995 - Valeri Poliakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.
1997 - A Comair Embraer 120 crashes during approach into Detroit Metro Airport , killing 29 people.
2002 - The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron .
2003 - Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into hangar on take off in Charlotte, NC. All 19 passengers and 2 crew dead.
2005 - Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization . He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh .
2006 - The Phantom of the Opera surpasses the record set by Cats for the title of longest running show on Broadway .
2006 - The first The Howard Stern Show via Sirius Satellite Radio is broadcast.
2007 - Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone at Macworld San Fransisco , also announcing the renaming of 'Apple Computer Inc.' to 'Apple Inc.'
2007 - An AerianTur-M Antonov An-26 crashes in Balad , Iraq . The Islamic Army in Iraq claims to have shot it down.
Births 1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623 )
1571 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy , French soldier (d. 1621 )
1589 - Ivan Gundulic , Croatian poet (d. 1638 )
1624 - Empress Meishō (d. 1696 )
1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis , Dutch philologist (d. 1766 )
1728 - Thomas Warton , English poet (d. 1790 )
1773 - Cassandra Austen , English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen (d. 1845 )
1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom , Swedish poet (d. 1855 )
1811 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett , English writer (d. 1856 )
1823 - Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch , German surgeon (d. 1908 )
1829 - Thomas William Robertson , English playwright (d. 1871 )
1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit , German explorer (d. 1857 )
1832 - Félix-Gabriel Marchand , journalist, author and politician, Premier of Quebec (d. 1900 )
1854 - Jennie Jerome , American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill (d. 1921 )
1856 - Anton Aškerc , Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912 )
1864 - Vladimir Steklov , Russian mathematician (d. 1926 )
1868 - S. P. L. Sørensen , Danish chemist (d. 1939 )
1870 - Joseph B Strauss , American civil engineer (d. 1938 )
1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik , Ukrainian poet (d. 1934 )
1875 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney , American socalite (d. 1942 )
1879 - John Broadus Watson , American psychologist (d. 1958 )
1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie , British poet and critic (d. 1938 )
1881 - Edouard Beaupré , horse lifter (d. 1904)
1881 - Giovanni Papini , Italian writer (d. 1956 )
1890 - Karel Čapek , Czech writer (d. 1938 )
1890 - Kurt Tucholsky , German journalist (d. 1935 )
1892 - Eva Bowring , American politician (d. 1985 )
1897 - Karl Löwith , German philosopher (d. 1973 )
1898 - Vilma Bánky , Hungarian actress (d. 1991 )
1898 - Gracie Fields , English vaudeville performer (d. 1979 )
1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin , Russian composer (d. 1977 )
1900 - Maria of Romania , Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (d. 1961 )
1901 - Chic Young , American cartoonist (d. 1973 )
1902 - Rudolph Bing , Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997 )
1902 - Josemaría Escrivá , Spanish religious author (d. 1975 )
1903 - Hem Vejakorn , Thai illustrator (d. 1969 )
1904 - George Balanchine , Russian dancer/choreographer (d. 1983 )
1908 - Simone de Beauvoir , French author (d. 1986 )
1911 - Gypsy Rose Lee , burlesque performer (d. 1970 )
1912 - Ralph Tubbs , British architect (d. 1996 )
1913 - Richard Nixon , 37th President of the United States (d. 1994 )
1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke , American jazz drummer and composer (d. 1985 )
1915 - Fernando Lamas , Argentine actor (d. 1982 )
1916 - Vic Mizzy , American orchestra leader
1916 - Peter Twinn , English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004 )
1920 - Clive Dunn , British actor
1920 - Hakim Mohammed Said , Pakistani scholar
1921 - Lister Sinclair , Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006 )
1922 - Har Gobind Khorana , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré , President of Guinea (d. 1984 )
1924 - Sergei Parajanov , Armenian film director (d. 1990 )
1925 - Lee Van Cleef , American actor (d. 1989 )
1926 - Jean-Pierre Côté , Canadian politician, Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 2002 )
1926 - Giannis Christou , Greek composer (d. 1970 )
1928 - Judith Krantz , American author
1928 - Domenico Modugno , Italian singer and songwriter (d. 1994 )
1929 - Heiner Muller , German dramatist (d. 1995 )
1929 - Brian Friel , Irish dramatist
1929 - Dorothea Puente , American serial killer
1931 - Algis Budrys , American author
1932 - Robert P. Casey , American politician (d. 2000 )
1934 - Bart Starr , American football player
1935 - Bob Denver , American actor (d. 2005 )
1935 - Dick Enberg , American sportscaster
1936 - Anne Rivers Siddons , American writer
1939 - Susannah York , British actress
1940 - Jimmy Boyd , American actor and singer
1940 - Barbara Buczek , Polish composer (d. 1993 )
1940 - Ruth Dreifuss , Swiss politician
1941 - Joan Baez , American singer and activist
1941 - Gilles Vaillancourt , Quebec politician
1942 - K Callan , American actress
1943 - Freddie Starr , English comedian and singer
1944 - Jimmy Page , English guitarist (Led Zeppelin )
1947 - Ronnie Landfield , American artist
1948 - Bill Cowsill , American singer (The Cowsills ) (d. 2006 )
1950 - David Johansen American singer
1950 - Rio Reiser , German singer (d. 1996 )
1951 - Crystal Gayle , American singer
1951 - M.L. Carr , basketball player and coach
1952 - Hugh Bayley , British politician
1955 - J. K. Simmons , American actor
1956 - Kimberly Beck , American actress
1956 - Imelda Staunton , British actress
1958 - Mehmet Ali Ağca , Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
1959 - Mark Martin , American NASCAR driver
1959 - Rigoberta Menchú , Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1959 - Cristi Minculescu , Romanian musician
1959 - Otis Nixon , baseball player
1963 - Michael Everson , expert in writing systems and Unicode
1965 - Eric Erlandson , American musician
1965 - Joely Richardson , British actress
1965 - Darren Bennett , Australian-born American football player
1965 - Iain Dowie , English football manager
1967 - Claudio Caniggia , Argentinian footballer
1967 - Steven Harwell , American singer and musician (Smash Mouth )
1967 - Dave Matthews , South African singer and musician
1967 - Carl Bell , American musician
1968 - Jimmy Adams , West Indian cricketer
1968 - Joey Lauren Adams , American actress
1968 - Al Schnier , American rock guitarist
1970 - Alex Staropoli , Italian keyboardist
1970 - Lara Fabian , Belgian singer
1971 - Daniel Dumile , American hip hop artist
1971 - Scott Thornton , National Hockey League player
1971 - Yusuke Naora , Japanese game art director
1972 - Mat Hoffman , American BMX biker
1972 - Jay Powell , baseball player
1975 - Angela Bettis , American actress
1975 - Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers , former wife of Eminem
1975 - Kiko Calero , baseball player
1976 - Todd Grisham , American professional wrestling interviewer
1976 - Radek Bonk , National Hockey League player
1978 - Chad Johnson , American football player
1978 - Gennaro Gattuso , Italian footballer
1978 - AJ McLean , American singer
1978 - Maggie Rizer , American model and AIDS activist
1978 - Mathieu Garon , National Hockey League goaltender
1979 - Tomiko Van , Japanese singer
1980 - Sergio García , Spanish golfer
1981 - Euzebiusz Smolarek , Polish footballer
1987 - Paolo Nutini , British singer/songwriter
1987 - Pablo Santos , Mexican actor (d. 2006 )
1989 - Michaella Krajicek , Dutch tennis player
1997 - Lauryn McClain , American singer and actress
Deaths 1282 - Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi , ruler of Minorca (b. 1204 )
1283 - Wen Tianxiang , Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236 )
1499 - Johann Cicero , elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455 )
1514 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany , queen of Charles VIII of France (b. 1477 )
1543 - Guillaume du Bellay , French diplomat and general (b. 1491 )
1562 - Amago Haruhisa , Japanese warlord (b. 1514 )
1571 - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon , French naval officer (b. 1510 )
1598 - Jasper Heywood , English translator (b. 1553 )
1677 - Aernout van der Neer , Dutch painter (b. 1603 )
1757 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle , French scientist and man of letters (b. 1657 )
1757 - Louis Bertrand Castel , French mathematician (b. 1688 )
1766 - Thomas Birch , British historian (b. 1705 )
1799 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi , Italian scientist (b. 1718 )
1800 - Jean Étienne Championnet , French general (b. 1762 )
1805 - Noble Jones , American Continental Congressman (b. 1723 )
1848 - Caroline Herschel , German-born astronomer (b. 1750 )
1858 - Anson Jones , 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798 )
1873 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808 )
1876 - Samuel Gridley Howe , American abolitionist (b. 1801 )
1877 - Alexander Brullov , Russia painter (b. 1799 )
1878 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820 )
1895 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison , American watch manufacturer (b. 1812 )
1901 - Richard Copley Christie , English scholar (b. 1830 )
1908 - Wilhelm Busch , German painter (b. 1832 )
1908 - Abraham Goldfaden , Russian-born actor (b. 1840 )
1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones , American composer (b. 1853 )
1918 - Émile Reynaud , French scientist (b. 1844 )
1923 - Katherine Mansfield , New Zealand writer (b. 1888 )
1931 - Wayne Munn , wrestler (b. 1896 )
1936 - John Gilbert , American actor (b. 1899 )
1939 - Johann Strauss III , Austrian conductor (b. 1866 )
1939 - Johnny Gruelle , American creator of Raggedy Ann (b. 1880 )
1946 - Dimitrios Golemis , Greek athlete (b. 1874 )
1946 - Countee Cullen , American poet (b. 1903 )
1947 - Karl Mannheim , German sociologist (b. 1893 )
1961 - Emily Greene Balch , American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867 )
1971 - Giannis Christou , Greek composer (b. 1926 )
1971 - Elmer Flick , baseball player (b. 1876 )
1972 - Ted Shawn , American dancer (b. 1891 )
1975 - Pierre Fresnay , French actor (b. 1897 )
1975 - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov , Russian mathematician (b. 1901 )
1981 - Kazimierz Serocki , Polish composer (b. 1922 )
1984 - Wolfgang Staudte , German director (b. 1906 )
1985 - Robert Mayer , British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879 )
1987 - Marion Hutton , American singer (b. 1919 )
1987 - Arthur Lake , American actor (b. 1905 )
1989 - Bill Terry , baseball player (b. 1898 )
1990 - Spud Chandler , baseball player (b. 1907 )
1992 - Bill Naughton , British playwright (b. 1910 )
1992 - Steve Brodie , American actor (b. 1919 )
1993 - Svetoslav Roerich , Russian painter (b. 1904 )
1994 - Johnny Temple , baseball player (b. 1927 )
1995 - Peter Cook , British actor and comedian (b. 1937 )
1995 - Souphanouvong , President of Laos (b. 1909 )
1997 - Edward Osobka-Morawski , Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909 )
1997 - Jesse White , American actor (b. 1917 )
1998 - Kenichi Fukui , Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1918 )
2000 - Nigel Tranter , Scottish historian and author (b. 1909 )
2001 - Maurice Prather , American photographer (b. 1926 )
2003 - Will McDonough , American sports journalist (b. 1935 )
2004 - Norberto Bobbio , Italian philosopher (b. 1909 )
2005 - Gonzalo Gavira , Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925 )
2006 - Andy Caldecott , Australian motorcyclist (b. 1964 )
2006 - Mikk Mikiver , Estonian actor, director (b.
