January 09

Sunday 09, 2005:

Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat.

Wednesday 09, 2002:

The United States Department of Justice announces it is going to pursue a criminal investigation of Enron.

Thursday 09, 1997:

A Comair Embraer 120 crashes during approach into Detroit Metro Airport, killing 29.

Tuesday 09, 1996:

Sun Microsystems announces the formation of JavaSoft.

Monday 09, 1995:

Valeri Poliakov completes 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, breaking a duration record.

Wednesday 09, 1991:

The Soviets storm Vilnius to stop Lithuanian independence.

Monday 09, 1989:

The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California.

Thursday 09, 1986:

After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves the instant camera business.

Monday 09, 1984:

Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's Restaurants for the first time.

Sunday 09, 1977:

Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders defeat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14.

Sunday 09, 1972:

RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire (Hong Kong harbor).

Thursday 09, 1964:

Several Panamanian youths put up the Panamanian flag, and are fired on from the Canal Zone, setting off four days of anti-imperialist insurrection around the country.

Tuesday 09, 1962:

1962 - The NFL prohibits grabbing face masks.

Saturday 09, 1960:

Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.

Monday 09, 1956:

First "Dear Abby" column appears in newspapers.

Tuesday 09, 1951:

United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City.

Tuesday 09, 1945:

The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.

Saturday 09, 1937:

The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States.

Wednesday 09, 1929:

The Seeing Eye is established with the mission to train dogs to assist the blind (Nashville, Tennessee).

Tuesday 09, 1923:

Juan de la Cierva makes first autogiro flight.

Tuesday 09, 1917:

Battle of Rafa

Sunday 09, 1916:

The Ottoman Empire prevails in the Battle of Çanakkale, as the last British troops are evacuated.

Tuesday 09, 1912:

Marines invade Honduras.

Monday 09, 1905:

According to the Julian Calendar which was used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Czarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.

Friday 09, 1903:

Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia

Tuesday 09, 1894:

New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Monday 09, 1882:

Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.

Friday 09, 1880:

The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.

Wednesday 09, 1878:

Humbert I becomes King of Italy.

Friday 09, 1863:

American Civil War: Battle of Fort Hindman

Wednesday 09, 1861:

Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union, preceding the American Civil War.

Friday 09, 1857:

Fort Tejon earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9

Wednesday 09, 1839:

The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

Thursday 09, 1806:

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.

Wednesday 09, 1793:

Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.

Wednesday 09, 1788:

Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States.

Saturday 09, 1768:

Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).

Wednesday 09, 1760:

Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat.

Sunday 09, 1431:

The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government.

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