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 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 27, 2021 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,361,440 minutes 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 23 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 3,306 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 9 Historical Events
- 1349 –The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
- 1768 –In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
- 1788 –Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
- 1816 –Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
- 1880 –The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
- 1903 –Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
- 1914 –Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
- 1918 –Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
- 1947 –Elizabeth “Betty” Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
- 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.
Who were born on January 9?
- 1886 –Lloyd Loar, Acoustical engineer and inventor of the Gibson F-5 mandolin (d. 1943)
- 1934 –Bart Starr, American football player
- 1942 –John Dunning, American writer
- 1943 –Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
- 1943 –Robert Drewe, Australian author
- 1953 –Morris Gleitzman, British-Australian children’s author
- 1957 –Phil Lewis, American singer (L.A. Guns)
- 1959 –Otis Nixon, American baseball player
- 1965 –Haddaway, Trinidadian singer
- 1971 –Angie Martinez, American rapper and radio talk host
Who died on January 9?
- 1562 –Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
- 1677 –Aernout van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)
- 1873 –Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)
- 1918 –Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)
- 1939 –Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
- 1997 –Edward Osobka-Morawski, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
- 2004 –Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
- 2006 –Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
- 2006 –Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor, director (b. 1937)
- 2009 –T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915)
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