January 9 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining (357 in leap years).

Table of contents

1 Events 1.1 upto 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 2.4 upto 18th century 2.5 19th century 2.5.1 1800-1850 2.5.2 1851-1899 2.5.2.1 1851-1875 2.5.2.2 1876-1899 2.6 20th century 2.6.3 1900-1919 2.6.4 1920-1939 2.6.5 1940s 2.6.6 1950-1999 2.7 21st century 3 Deaths 3.8 upto 18th century 3.9 19th century 3.10 20th century 3.10.7 1900-1949 3.10.8 1950-1989 3.10.9 1990s 3.11 21st century 4 Holidays and observances 5 Recorded this date

Events

upto 19th century

• 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.
• 1806 - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
• 1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• 1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.
• 1878 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy.
• 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.

20th century

• 1912 - Marines invade Honduras.
• 1923 - Juan de la Cierva makes first autogiro flight.
• 1929 - The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee).
• 1937 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.
• 1945 - The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
• 1951 - United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.
• 1956 - First "Dear Abby" column appears in newspapers.
• 1960 - Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.
• 1972 - RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor).
• 1977 - Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14.
• 1984 - Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's Restaurants for the first time.
• 1986 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant camera business.
• 1989 - The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California.
• 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.
• 1996 - Sun Microsystems announced the formation of JavaSoft.
• 1997 - A Comair Embraer 120 crashes during approach into Detroit Metro. Airport killing 29

21st century

• 2002 - The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.

Births

upto 18th century

• 1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
• 1574 - Christoph Buel, composer
• 1589 - Ivan Gundulic, poet Croatia (d. 1638)
• 1620 - Johann Weichmann, composer
• 1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
• 1695 - John E Loovens, lawyer
• 1699 - Robert J Pothier, French lawyer
• 1728 - Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (d. 1790)
• 1748 - Stefan Paluselli, composer
• 1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet

19th century

1800-1850

• 1811 - Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
• 1815 - William Jackson, composer
• 1820 - Pavel Krizkovsky, composer
• 1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright
• 1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer
• 1839 - John Knowles Paine, composer
• 1843 - Christiaan A Ulder, composer

1851-1899

1851-1875

• 1851 - Giuseppi Gallignani, composer
• 1851 - Luis Coloma, Spanish Jesuit writer, theologian
• 1854 - Jennie Jerome, American society beauty (d. 1921)
• 1856 - Anton Aškerc;, Slovenian priest, poet (d. 1912)
• 1856 - Lizette Woodworth Reese, poet
• 1856 - Stevan Mokranjac, composer
• 1857 - Henry B. Fuller, writer
• 1859 - Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, women's rights leader, founder of the League of Women Voters
• 1859 - Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar, church historian
• 1864 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
• 1866 - Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter, etcher
• 1867 - Jacques Urlus, Dutch opera singer
• 1868 - S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
• 1870 - Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer, builder of the Golden Gate Bridge
• 1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Jewish poet, translator
• 1875 - Gertrude Whitney, sculptor (d. 1942)

1876-1899

• 1876 - Hans Bethge, writer
• 1879 - John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist (d. 1958)
• 1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet, critic (d. 1938)
• 1881 - Giovanni Papini, Italian, writer
• 1890 - Karel Čapek;, Czech writer (d. 1938)
• 1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, writer, satirist, social critic, (d. 1935)
• 1891 - August Gailit, Estonian, writer
• 1892 - Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
• 1894 - Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter, graphic artist
• 1897 - Luis Gianneo, composer
• 1897 - Karl Löwith, philosopher, (d. 1973)
• 1898 - Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer, (d. 1979)
• 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, composer

20th century

1900-1919

• 1900 - Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer
• 1901 - Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie) (d. 1973)
• 1902 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager (New York Metropolitan Opera)
• 1902 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish religious author (d. 1975)
• 1904 - George Balanchine, dancer, choreographer, ballet producer (d. 1983) (O.S.)
• 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
• 1911 - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health
• 1911 - Stafford William Somerfield, British newspaper editor
• 1912 - Ralph Tubbs, architect
• 1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1913 - Lavad 'Dr Hepcat' Durst, musician
• 1913 - Peter John Norton, diplomat, artist
• 1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, jazz drummer, composer
• 1914 ? - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque actress (d. 1970)
• 1915 - Fernando Lamas, actor (d. 1982)
• 1915 - Les Paul, guitarist, inventor
• 1916 - Vic Mizzy, orchestra leader
• 1917 - Herbert Lom, actor

1920-1939

• 1920 - Clive Dunn, British actor
• 1921 - Seymour Barab, composer
• 1921 - Patricia Highsmith, Americann novelist (d. 1995)
• 1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)
• 1922 - Har Gobind Khorana, biochemist (1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
• 1924 - Julián B Coco, guitarist, bassist
• 1925 - Lee Van Cleef, actor (d. 1989)
• 1925 - Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist
• 1928 - Judith Krantz, author
• 1928 - Domenico Modugno, musician (d. 1994)
• 1929 - Heiner Muller, dramatist (d. 1995)
• 1929 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
• 1931 - Algis Budrys, science fiction author
• 1931 - Geoffrey Wragg, British reorganizer
• 1933 - Sonia Garmers, author
• 1934 - Bart Starr, American football star
• 1935 - Bob Denver, actor
• 1935 - Dick Enberg, sportscaster
• 1935 - Kenneth 'Buddy' Scott, blues guitarist, singer
• 1936 - Peter Fletcher, music teacher
• 1937 - K Schlesinger, writer
• 1938 - Aad Kosto, theologian, actor, assistant Secretary of Justice of the Netherlands

1940s

• 1940 - Jimmy Boyd, actor, singer
• 1940 - Barbara Buczek, composer (d. 1993)
• 1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician
• 1941 - Joan Baez, American folk music singer, activist
• 1941 - Susannah York, British actress
• 1943 - Dick Yount, rock musician
• 1943 - Kenneth Kelley, American singer
• 1943 - Rob Hoeke, pianist, singer
• 1944 - Scott Engel, singer
• 1944 - Jimmy Page, rock musician, guitarist ("Led Zeppelin")
• 1945 - Frank J. Biondi Jr, president of HBO
• 1945 - Harun Farocki, actor, director
• 1946 - Leo Gullotta, actor
• 1948 - Paul King, musician (Blue Öyster Cult)

1950-1999

• 1950 - David Johansen (Buster Poindexter),singer
• 1950 - Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
• 1951 - Crystal Gayle, country music singer
• 1951 - Rosalyn Kind, , singer
• 1952 - Eveline L Herfkens, Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1952 - Hugh Bayley, British politician
• 1954 - Lance Hoppens, musician
• 1955 - J. K. Simmons, US Actor
• 1956 - David Smith, cricket player
• 1956 - Kimberly Beck, American actress
• 1958 - Mehmet Ali Agca, attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
• 1959 - Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician
• 1959 - Rigoberta Menchú - Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1962 - Phil Lewis, musician
• 1963 - Michael Everson, expert in writing systems and Unicode
• 1965 - Carin Garbarra, football player
• 1965 - Cindy Brooks, rower
• 1965 - Joely Richardson, actress
• 1967 - Dave Matthews, singer, musician
• 1968 - Jimmy Adams, cricket player
• 1970 - Humberto Terant,Venezuelan Businessman
• 1970 - Andrew Leipus, physiotherapist
• 1974 - Craig Wishart, cricketer
• 1978 - AJ McLean, singer ("Backstreet Boys")
• 1980 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer

21st century

• 2002 - Morgan Kay Beamer, daughter of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines flight 93

Deaths

upto 18th century

• 1283 - Wu Tian Xiang Chinese patriot, executed in Beijing.
• 1499 - Johann Cicero, elector of Brandenburg
• 1514 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany and consort queen of France
• 1571 - Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon, French naval officer (b. 1510)
• 1677 - Aernout van der Neer, cartoonist, landscape painter
• 1679 - Werner Fabricius, composer
• 1766 - Thomas Birch, British historian (b. 1705)
• 1798 - Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea, Spanish officer
• 1799 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718)

19th century

• 1800 - Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
• 1828 - Pieter Hoen, Dutch journalist, patriot
• 1848 - Caroline Herschel, astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1849 - Jan Kops, agriculturist, vicar
• 1853 - Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet, interpreter
• 1854 - Filippo Traetta, composer
• 1863 - Ferdinand Huber, composer
• 1873 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American abolitionist (b. 1801)
• 1878 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1879 - Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Field Marshal, viceroy of Navarre
• 1886 - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer
• 1893 - Mohara, slave trader deluxe
• 1895 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison father of the American System of Watch Manufacturing

20th century

1900-1949

• 1901 - Richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)
• 1902 - Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, lawyer, Interior Minister of Belgium
• 1904 - Alfred Richard, cricketer
• 1908 - Abraham Goldfaden, Yiddish stage performer
• 1908 - Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones, composer
• 1918 - Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)
• 1923 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (b. 1888)
• 1927 - Houston S Chamberlain, race theorist
• 1929 - Heiner Müller, writer
• 1930 - Edward W Buck, editor (Ladies Home Journal)
• 1931 - Claude Anet, French writer
• 1936 - John Gilbert, actor (b. 1899)
• 1939 - Johann Strauss III, conductor
• 1941 - Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter
• 1943 - Robin Collingwood, philosopher
• 1946 - Countee Cullen, poet
• 1947 - Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
• 1947 - Lambertus Zijl, sculptor
• 1949 - Amilcare Zanella, composer

1950-1989

• 1953 - Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken)
• 1957 - Mary Carr Moore, composer
• 1958 - Paul Fechter, German writer, historian
• 1959 - Paul Malengreau, composer
• 1961 - Emily Green Balch, American author, Nobel laureate
• 1962 - LeRoy B Shield, pianist, composer
• 1966 - Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer
• 1968 - Louis-François-Marie Aubert, composer
• 1969 - Ladislav Vycpalek, composer
• 1971 - Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1972 - Ted Shawn, dancer
• 1975 - John Slater, actor
• 1975 - Pierre Fresnay, actor
• 1977 - Alexey Kozlovsky, composer
• 1978 - Eddie Gilbert, cricketer
• 1979 - Avery Claflin, composer
• 1979 - Sara Carter, singer, guitarist (b. 1898)
• 1981 - Kazimierz Serocki, composer
• 1984 - Wolfgang Staudte, director
• 1985 - Don Brennan, cricketer
• 1985 - Robert Mayer, British businessman, philantropist (b. 1879)

1990s

• 1992 - Steve Brodie, actor
• 1992 - William JF Naughton, playwright
• 1993 - Svetoslav Roerich, Russian painter (b. 1904)
• 1994 - Silas Hogan, blues singer, guitarist,
• 1995 - Peter Cook, actor. satirist, writer, comedian (b. 1937)
• 1995 - Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
• 1996 - Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
• 1996 - Kurt Schmucker, Minister of Economy of Germany
• 1996 - Michael Lynn Synar, politician
• 1997 - Edward Osobka-Morawski, Prime Minister of Poland
• 1997 - Jesse White, actor
• 1997 - Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar
• 1998 - Kenichi Fukui, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1981)

21st century

• 2000 - Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2003 - Wilfried Hasselmann, German politician

Holidays and observances

• 1788 - Ratification Day in Connecticut
• 1964 - Memorial day of Patriotic Panamanians for the Panama Canal (Martyrs' Day/Dia de los Martires)
• Roman Catholic - Feast of St Adrian
• Eastern Orthodox - Feast of Saint Theophan the Recluse

Recorded this date

• 1903 "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
  - Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling
• 1906 "I Love A Lassie" (w. Harry Lauder & George Grafton m. Harry Lauder) Peter Dawson (as Hector Grant)
• 1917 "Where The Black-Eyed Susans Grow" (w. Dave Radford m. Richard Whiting) Sam Ash
• 1922 "At Santa Barbara" (Russell) Peter Dawson
• 1922 "Cheerily, Yeo Ho!" (Phillips) Peter Dawson
• 1922 "When The Lights Go Rolling Round" (Blake & Ireland) Peter Dawson
• 1923 "Evergreen Eve" (Parkes) Grosvenor Dance Orchestra
• 1923 "Hot Lips" (w.m. Henry Busse, Henry Lange, Lou Davis) Grosvenor Dance Orchestra
• 1928 "There'll Come A Time" (Wingy Manone, Miff Mole) Frankie Trumbauer
• 1931 "You're Lucky To Me" (w. Andy Razaf m. Eubie Blake) Al Bowlly with Roy Fox & his Band
• 1931 "Thank Your Father" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson) Al Bowlly with Roy Fox & his Band
• 1933 "Try A Little Tenderness" (w.m. Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly) Bing Crosby
• 1933 "I'm Playing With Fire" (w.m. Irving Berlin) Bing Crosby
• 1933 "Muss I Denn Zum Städtele Hinaus" (folksong) Comedian Harmonists with p. Emil Gerhardt
• 1933 "Mood Indigo" (w.m. Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard & Irving Mills) Boswell Sisters with Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
• 1934 "Louisiana Hayride" (w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz) Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & his Band
• 1935 "The Little Things You Used To Do" (w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren) Helen Morgan with O/Bakaleinikoff
• 1935 "I See Two Lovers" (w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel) Helen Morgan with O/Bakaleinikoff
• 1935 "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg) Kenny Sargent with Casa Loma Orchestra
• 1939 "Deep Purple" (w. Mitchell Parish m. Peter De Rose) Ginny Simms with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
• 1940 "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers) Hildegarde with Ray Sinatra
• 1940 "Friendship" (w.m. Cole Porter) Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Ish Kabibble & Jack Martin with Kay Kyser
• 1941 "Until Tomorrow" (w.m. Sammy Kaye) 3 Kadets with Sammy Kaye
• 1942 "Stage Coach" (m. Eric Winstone) Joe Loss & his Orchestra
• 1942 "The Thing-ummy Bob" (Heneker, Thompson) Arthur Askey
• 1942 "Let's Not Talk About Love" (w.m. Cole Porter) Danny Kaye with O/Johnny Green
• 1945 "'S Wonderful" (w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin) Artie Shaw
• 1947 "Always" (w.m. Irving Berlin) Frank Sinatra with O/Axel Stordahl
• 1947 "I Concentrate On You" (w.m. Cole Porter) Frank Sinatra with O/Axel Stordahl
• 1947 "My Love For You" (w. Sid Wayne m. Abner Silver) Frank Sinatra with O/Axel Stordahl
• 1947 "Bright Was The Day" (w.m. Noël Coward) Noël Coward
• 1947 "Uncle Harry" (w.m. Noël Coward) Noël Coward
• 1947 "His Excellency Regrets" (w.m. Noël Coward) Noël Coward
• 1947 "This Is A Changing World" (w.m. Noël Coward) Noël Coward
• 1947 "I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" (w.m. Larry Marks & Dick Charles) Bob Eberly & The Song Spinners with Frank Froeba Trio
• 1947 "The Rickety Rickshaw Man" (w.m. Ervin Drake) Beryl Templeman, Bobby Joy, Jack O'Hagan & The Cubs with Roy Fox & his Band
• 1948 "A Tree In The Meadow" (w.m. Billy Reid) Dorothy Squires with O/Billy Reid
• 1950 "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (w.m. Hank Williams) Hank Williams
• 1950 "I Said My Pajamas" (w.m. Edward Pola & George Wyle) Harry Babbitt & Martha Tilton
• 1956 "I Thought About You" (w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen) Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1956 "You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me" (w.m. Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman) Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1956 "You Make Me Feel So Young" (w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow) Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1956 "Memories Of You" (w. Andy Razaf m. Eubie Blake) Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1962 "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" (w.m. Cindy Walker) Roy Orbison

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