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.
- 1768 –In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
- 1861 –American Civil War: The “Star of the West” incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the “First Shots of the American Civil War”.
- 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.
- 1917 –World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
- 1918 –Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
- 1923 –Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
- 1927 –A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, kills 78 children.
- 1992 –The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
Who were born on January 9?
- 1728 –Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
- 1909 –Anthony Mamo, Malta’s 1st President (d. 2008)
- 1938 –Stuart Woods, American novelist
- 1941 –Gilles Vaillancourt, Quebec politician
- 1942 –Lee Kun-hee, Korean industrialist, chairman of Samsung
- 1945 –John Doman, American actor
- 1970 –Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist (Rhapsody Of Fire)
- 1972 –Sarah Beeny, British TV personality
- 1974 –Farhan Akhtar, Indian Bollywood director, actor, producer, singer.
- 1976 –Simon Gosejohann, German comedian
Who died on January 9?
- 1150 –Emperor Xizong of Jin is murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état. (b. 1119)
- 1757 –Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
- 1878 –King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
- 1895 –Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)
- 1901 –Richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)
- 1908 –Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
- 1971 –Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876)
- 1989 –Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1998 –Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1918)
- 2010 –Vimcy, Sports writer (b. 1925)
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