09 January In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, January 09 is the day number 9 in a given year. January 09 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1718	France declared a fight against Spain.
1721	The committee investigating the South Sea bubble in England published its findings.
1768	Philip Astley organized the first modern circus in London.
1771	Emperor Go-Momozono accepted the throne of Japan after the abduction of his maasi.
1792	Jesse's treaty ended the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Croatia.
1799	British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced income tax to raise money for the war against young Napoleon.
1816	Sir Humphrey Davy's Davy lamp was first tested underground at Hebburn colliery in north eastern England as a coal mining safety lamp.
1816	Inventor Humphry Davy first tested his Davy lamp a safety lamp containing a candle for use in coal mines.
1839	The French Academy of Sciences announced the daguerreotype photographic process, named after its inventor, French artist and chemist Louis Daguerre .
1854	Pittsburgh, USA to encourage German culture. Teutonia Bazaar was founded in.
1855	The Clapper Guiding Star disappeared in the Atlantic Sea, killing 40 people.
1857	A 7.9 Mw earthquake rupture part of the San Andreas Fault in California and was felt as far east as Las Vegas.
1873	Napoleon Bonaparte III, one of the boldest European rulers of the 19th century, died.
1878	Umberto I was made king of Italy.
1909	Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition, planted the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone has ever reached at that time.
1915	Bombay (now Mumbai) arrived after Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa.
1923	Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
1934	Famous playback singer of Hindi cinema Mahendra Kapoor was born.
1936	An earthquake killed 250 people in Colombia.
1941	Six thousand Jews were killed in Bucharest, the capital of the European country Romania.
1945	The Battle of Bestang Pass began north of Manila.
1951	The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York, USA.
1960	Construction of a dam called Aswan started on the Nile River in Egypt.
1962	Cuba and the Soviet Union signed a trade treaty.
1972	RMS Queen Elizabeth, an ocean liner which sailed the Atlantic Ocean for the Cunard White Star Line, was destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
1972	The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association Lost to the Milwaukee Bucks, ending a 33-game winning streak, the longest of any team in American professional sports.
1972	Seawise University, formerly RMS Queen Elizabeth, an ocean liner which sailed the Atlantic Ocean for the Cunard White Star Line,was destroyed by fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
1974	Farhan Akhtar, the famous film producer, screenwriter, lyricist, singer and actor of Hindi cinema, was born.
1981	U.S. Representative Raymond F. Lederer was convicted of bribery and conspiracy for his role in the Abscam scandal, but continued to serve his term for three more months.
1991	Representatives from the United States and Iraq met at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
1995	Ecuador and Peru involved in boundary fight. The fight continues since long.
1995	The worker at Newark airport accidentally cuts the electrical wire while working.
1996	First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launched raids in the city of Kizlyar, Republic of Dagestan, which turned into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
1998	Wayne Gretzky is selected best NHL player ever by the hockey news.
2002	Michael Jackson was awarded the Century Award at the American Music Awards.
2004	Twenty-eight illegal Albanian emigrants died when their inflatable boat installed near the Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi, Italy.
2004	Mahmoud Abbas was elected President of the Palestinian National Authority to replace Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004.
2007	Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone.
2007	The first state ministry was formed in Japan.
2011	The Algerian government cuts food prices and commits to punish those responsible for the riots recently happened in the country. This is an effort made by the country to suppress riots.
2011	Flight number 277 of Iran Air crashed in which 77 people died.
2012	700 former Tamil tigers are released by the Sri Lankan army after completing a rehabilitation program.
2012	There has been a clash between the United Kingdom's Westminster and Scottish government as because of the referendum on Scottish independence.
2012	Lionel Messi won FIFA's Ballon d'Or Best Footballer) award for the second consecutive year.
2013	No candidate is elected this year to the national baseball hall of fame for the 1st time since 1996.
2013	The Venezuela's supreme tribunal of justice has deferred the latest inauguration of President Hugo Chavez. This is because of his cancer operation.
475	Basiliscus became Byzantine Emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1922	Indian biochemist and Nobel Prize for Medicine Hargovind Khurana was born.
1982	The first Indian scientific expedition team reached Antarctica.
1998	Viswanathan Anand of India is defeated by Anatoly Karpov to retain chess title.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1922	Har Gobind Khorana / Scientist / India
2000	Hima Das / Player / India
1889	Vrindavan Lal Verma / Author / India
1921	Lister Sinclair / Broadcaster / India
1921	Ram Sundar Das / Politician / India
1922	Dr. Hargovind Khurana / Biochemist / India
1922	Hargovind Khurana / Scientist / India
1946	Mohammad Ishaq Khan / Academic / India
1952	Kaushik Basu / Academic / India
1974	Farhan Akhtar / Film Director / India
1982	Anusha Dhandekar / Actress / India

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