What Happened On January 9

10 odd things that happened on January 9

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  1793 First ever

  Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.

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  1797 First ever

  War of the First Coalition: The siege of Kehl by Habsburg and Württembergian forces ended when French troops withdrew from their fortifications.

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  1806 Oddly true

  Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.

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  1693 First ever

  Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people.

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  1959 Weird

  The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents.

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  475 Oddly true

  Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius.

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  1996 First ever

  First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launched raids in the city of Kizlyar, Dagestan, which turned into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.

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  1992 First ever

  Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two pulsar planets orbiting PSR B1257+12 (depicted), the first confirmed detection of exoplanets.

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  1981 Oddly true

  U.S. representative Raymond Lederer was convicted of bribery and conspiracy for his role in the Abscam scandal, but continued to serve his term for three more months.

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  1975 First ever

  The Great Storm spawned the first of 45 tornadoes over a three-day period in the Southeastern United States.

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Observed today

• Christian feast day: Adrian of Canterbury
• Christian feast day: Blessed Alix Le Clerc
• Christian feast day: Berhtwald
• Christian feast day: Blessed Giulia della Rena
• Christian feast day: Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)
• Christian feast day: Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))
• Christian feast day: Stephen (old calendar Eastern Orthodox)
• Christian feast day: January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Start of Hōonkō (Nishi Honganji) January 9–16 (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)
• Martyrs' Day (Panama)
• Non-Resident Indian Day (India)
• Day of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, result of 2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional in 2015)

• 2021Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board. Wikipedia →
• 2017Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre, the province of Quebec's first alternative schooling democratic learning centre to support homeschooled youth, opens in the city of Montreal. Wikipedia →
• 2015The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes. Wikipedia →
• 2015A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill. Wikipedia →
• 2014An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others. Wikipedia →
• 2011Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people. Wikipedia →
• 2007Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco. Wikipedia →
• 2005Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh. Wikipedia →
• 2005The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War. Wikipedia →
• 2004An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history. Wikipedia →
• 2003TANS Perú Flight 222 crashes on approach to Chachapoyas Airport in Chachapoyas, Peru, killing 46 people. Wikipedia →
• 1997Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people. Wikipedia →
• 1996First 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 →
• 1992The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia. Wikipedia →
• 1992The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12. Wikipedia →
• 1991Representatives 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 →
• 1964Martyrs' 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 →
• 1962Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon. Wikipedia →
• 1961British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland spy ring in London. Wikipedia →
• 1960President 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 →
• 1959The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents. Wikipedia →
• 1957British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty. Wikipedia →
• 1945World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Wikipedia →
• 1941World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. Wikipedia →
• 1939The Kingdom of Italy would officially the coastal areas of its Colony of Libya as an integral part of the country itself, becoming the nation's Fourth Shore. Wikipedia →
• 1927A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. Wikipedia →
• 1923Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight. Wikipedia →
• 1923Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control. Wikipedia →
• 1921Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia. Wikipedia →
• 1920Ukrainian War of Independence: The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee outlaws the Makhnovshchina by decree, igniting the Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict. Wikipedia →
• 1918Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars. Wikipedia →
• 1917World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine. Wikipedia →
• 1916World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. Wikipedia →
• 1914The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States. Wikipedia →
• 1909Ernest 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 →
• 1903Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia. Wikipedia →
• 1878Umberto I becomes King of Italy. Wikipedia →
• 1861American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. Wikipedia →
• 1861Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Wikipedia →
• 1858British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong. Wikipedia →
• 1857The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Wikipedia →
• 1839The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. Wikipedia →
• 1822The 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 →
• 1816Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. Wikipedia →
• 1806Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral. Wikipedia →
• 1799British 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 →
• 1793Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. Wikipedia →
• 1792Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92. Wikipedia →
• 1788Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution. Wikipedia →
• 1787The nationally known image of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines is transferred from what is now Rizal Park to its present shrine in the minor basilica of Quiapo Church. This is annually commemorated through its Traslación (solemn transfer) in the streets of Manila and is attended by millions of devotees. Wikipedia →
• 1760Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. Wikipedia →
• 1693Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people. Wikipedia →
• 1431The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen. Wikipedia →
• 1349The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. Wikipedia →
• 1127Jin–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 period. Wikipedia →
• 1038An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300. Wikipedia →
• 681Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. Wikipedia →
• 475Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius. Wikipedia →
• 400Aelia Eudoxia is officially crowned empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. Wikipedia →