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Day Of The Week: January 9
January 9, 2025 is the 9th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 9
- 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.
- 1822 –The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese king João VI, starting the Brazilian independence process.
- 1863 –American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1965 –The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
- 1991 –Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try and find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Who were born on January 9?
- 1868 –S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
- 1909 –Patrick Peyton, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1992)
- 1916 –Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
- 1939 –Susannah York, British actress (d. 2011)
- 1944 –Ian Hornak, American painter, draughtsman and sculptor (d. 2002)
- 1953 –Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist.
- 1967 –Carl Bell, American musician
- 1971 –Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director
- 1986 –Jéferson, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 –Lucas Pezzini Leiva, Brazilian footballer
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