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.
- 1861 –Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
- 1880 –The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
- 1914 –Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
- 1916 –World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
- 1917 –World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
- 1921 –Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, began near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
- 1945 –World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
- 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.
- 2005 –Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.
Who were born on January 9?
- 1624 –Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
- 1811 –Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
- 1868 –S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
- 1936 –Anne Rivers Siddons, American writer
- 1948 –Cassie Gaines, backup Singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
- 1971 –Daniel Dumile, American hip hop artist
- 1979 –Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
- 1981 –Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
- 1983 –Sharad Malhotra, Indian television actor
- 1987 –Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
Who died on January 9?
- 1562 –Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
- 1858 –Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (suicide) (b. 1798)
- 1931 –Wayne Munn, wrestler (b. 1896)
- 1946 –Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
- 1960 –Elsie J. Oxenham, British children’s author (b. 1880)
- 1961 –Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1979 –Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect (b. 1891)
- 1992 –Bill Naughton, British playwright (b. 1910)
- 1995 –Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
- 2005 –Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
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