On This Day — January 9

🕰️ Notable Events on January 9

• 2015 — The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes. Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others. Wikipedia ↗
• 2011 — Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco. Wikipedia ↗
• 2005 — Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh. Wikipedia ↗
• 2005 — The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. Wikipedia ↗
• 1996 — First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians. Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty. Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight. Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars. Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine. Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded. Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1903 — Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. Wikipedia ↗
• 1878 — Umberto I becomes King of Italy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1861 — American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. Wikipedia ↗
• 1861 — Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1858 — Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide. Wikipedia ↗
• 1857 — The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Wikipedia ↗
• 1839 — The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. Wikipedia ↗
• 1822 — The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process. Wikipedia ↗
• 1816 — Sir Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. Wikipedia ↗
• 1806 — Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral. Wikipedia ↗
• 1799 — British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars. Wikipedia ↗
• 1793 — Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1792 — Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1788 — Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution. Wikipedia ↗
• 1760 — Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. Wikipedia ↗
• 1431 — Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. Wikipedia ↗
• 1349 — The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. Wikipedia ↗
• 1150 — Wanyan Liang and other court officials murder Emperor Xizong of Jin. Wanyan Liang succeeds him as emperor. Wikipedia ↗
• 1127 — Jin-Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song dynasty. Wikipedia ↗
• 681 — Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. Wikipedia ↗
• 475 — Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on January 9

• 1993 — Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Marcus Peters, American Football Player Kansas City Chiefs Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Edon Hasani, Albanian football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Justin Blackmon, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Michael Beasley, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Katherine Copely, American ice dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Sam Bird, English race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Uwe Hünemeier, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Benjamin Danso, German rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Sergio García, Spanish golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Chad Johnson, American football player and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — AJ McLean, American singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Jay Powell, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author and critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Mardi Lunn, Australian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd governor of Kentucky Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Stephen Metcalfe, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Iain Dowie, English-Northern Irish footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Joely Richardson, English actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Didier Camberabero, French rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Henry Omaga-Diaz, Filipino journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — David Peoples, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Mark Martin, American race car driver and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Otis Nixon, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Stephen Neale, English philosopher and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Michiko Kakutani, American journalist and critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — J.K. Simmons, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist and painter Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Hugh Bayley, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Mike Capuano, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — David Johansen, American musician and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Ronnie Landfield, American painter and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — John Dunning, American author Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Judy Malloy, American poet and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Roy Head, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Al Downing, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Susannah York, English actress and activist (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Stuart Woods, American author and critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Michael Nicholson, English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Anne Rivers Siddons, American author Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — John Graham, New Zealand rugby player and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Brian Harradine, Australian politician (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Earl G. Graves, Sr., American businessman and publisher Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Bart Starr, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Robert García, American soldier and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Judith Krantz, American novelist Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Len Quested, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Clive Dunn, English actor (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Tom Evenson, English runner (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
• 1908 — Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
• 1907 — Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1907 — Earl W. Renfroe, African American orthodontist, educator, and activist (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991) Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973) Wikipedia ↗
• 1900 — Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (d. 1939) Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942) Wikipedia ↗
• 1898 — Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (d. 1979) Wikipedia ↗
• 1897 — Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1973) Wikipedia ↗
• 1896 — Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (d. 1971) Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (d. 1968) Wikipedia ↗
• 1892 — Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (d. 1985) Wikipedia ↗

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