What are the important events that happened on January 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 9 is the 9th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 27, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,328 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 20 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,402 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 9 Historical Events
- 475 –Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
- 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 the Battle of Barari Ghat.
- 1861 –Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
- 1878 –Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
- 1918 –Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
- 1921 –Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, began near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
- 1927 –A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, kills 78 children.
- 1964 –Martyrs’ Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
- 1991 –Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try and find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Who were born on January 9?
- 1571 –Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, soldier in Habsburg service (d. 1621)
- 1589 –Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
- 1624 –Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
- 1848 –Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
- 1873 –Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Hebrew poet (d. 1934)
- 1922 –Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
- 1934 –Bart Starr, American football player
- 1939 –Susannah York, British actress (d. 2011)
- 1955 –J. K. Simmons, American actor
- 1959 –Otis Nixon, American baseball player
Who died on January 9?
- 1283 –Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236)
- 1800 –Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
- 1911 –Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
- 1918 –Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)
- 1946 –Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
- 1961 –Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1972 –Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
- 1989 –Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1997 –Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
- 2005 –Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
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