January 9 is the ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of the year (357 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY
75 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.
1431 – Judges' investigations in the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
1570 - Tsar Ivan the Terrible kills 1,000-2,000 residents of Novgorod.
1776 – On this day in 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense", setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. Although little used today, pamphlets were an important medium for the spread of ideas in the 16th through 19th centuries.
1788 – Connecticut becomes the 5th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1861 – The Union merchant ship, the Star of the West, is fired upon as it tries to deliver supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, prior to the Civil War.
1887 – On one of the worst days of the "worst winter in the West", nearly an inch of snow falls every hour for 16 hours, impeding the ability of already starving cattle to find food.
1917 – After several months of preparations, British troops under the command of their new regional chief Sir Frederick Maude launch an offensive against Turkish forces at Khadairi Bend, to the north of Kut, Mesopotamia.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1870 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)
1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986)
1913 – Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
1921 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)
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NATIONAL STATIC ELECTRICITY DAY
75 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople.
1431 – Judges' investigations in the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
1570 - Tsar Ivan the Terrible kills 1,000-2,000 residents of Novgorod.
1776 – On this day in 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense", setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. Although little used today, pamphlets were an important medium for the spread of ideas in the 16th through 19th centuries.
1788 – Connecticut becomes the 5th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1806 – Lord Horatio Nelson, the British naval hero credited with saving Britain from an invasion by France, is buried at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1887 – On one of the worst days of the "worst winter in the West", nearly an inch of snow falls every hour for 16 hours, impeding the ability of already starving cattle to find food.
1909 – Englishman Ernest Shackleton, as part of the British Nimrod Expedition, reaches a record farthest South latitude (88°23' south).
1945 – On this day, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the American 6th Army land on the Lingayen Gulf island of Luzon, another step in the capture of the Philippine Islands from the Japanese.
1952 – In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman warns Americans that they are "moving through a perilous time," and calls for vigorous action to meet the communist threat.
1965 – Under pressure from United States officials, Gen. Nguyen Khanh and the newly formed Armed Forces Council—generals who participated in the bloodless coup on December 19, 1964—agree to support the civilian government of Premier Tran Van Huong.
1972 – In Hong Kong harbor, a fire breaks out aboard the passenger ship Queen Elizabeth, and by the next morning the famous vessel lies in a wreck on the bottom of the sea floor.
1976 – The classic rags-to-riches story got a macho spin in the Oscar-winning Rocky, which was written by its star, Sylvester Stallone, and began filming on this day in 1976.
1979 – In an effort to call attention to the poverty, malnutrition and lack of access to quality education affecting millions of children throughout the developing world, the United Nations proclaimed 1979 the "International Year of the Child".
1984 – Angelo Buono, one of the Hillside Stranglers, is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the rape, torture, and murder of 10 young women in Los Angeles. Buono's cousin and partner in crime, Kenneth Bianchi, testified against Buono to escape the death penalty.
2007 – On this day in 2007, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features—at the MacWorld convention in San Francisco.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1870 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)
1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986)
1913 – Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
1921 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)
Wikipedia and Google, ex as noted.
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