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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, 1,736,380,800 seconds 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
- 1760 –Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
- 1793 –Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
- 1914 –Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
- 1923 –Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
- 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?
- 1881 –Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet and critic (d. 1938)
- 1920 –Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar (d. 1998)
- 1950 –Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
- 1967 –Gary Teichmann, South African rugby player
- 1971 –Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author
Who died on January 9?
- 1805 –Noble Wimberly Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
- 1946 –Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
- 1998 –Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935)
- 2008 –Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (b. 1977)
- 2009 –Rob Gauntlett, English adventurer, explorer and motivational speaker (b. 1987)
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