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| Birthday January 09, 1728 Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) |
| Birthday January 09, 1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder of League of Women Voters |
| Birthday January 09, 1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer & builder of Golden Gate Bridge |
| Birthday January 09, 1898 Gracie Fields |
| Birthday January 09, 1901 Chic Young, creator of "Blondie" comic strip |
| Birthday January 09, 1902 Rudolph Bing, opera manager |
| Birthday January 09, 1904 George Balanchine, dancer-choreographer |
| Birthday January 09, 1908 Simone de Beauvoir, French author (The Mandarins and The Second Sex) |
| Birthday January 09, 1913 Richard Milhous Nixon, (R) and 36th pres (1968-74) (I am not a crook!) |
| Birthday January 09, 1913 Richard M. Nixon is born |
| Birthday January 09, 1914 Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque entertainer and Actress |
| Birthday January 09, 1925 Lee Van Cleef, Actor (For a Few Dollars More and Escape from NY) |
| Birthday January 09, 1934 Bart Starr, NFL quarterback and coach (Green Bay) |
| Birthday January 09, 1941 Joan Baez, folk singer and human rights advocate in Staten Island |
| Birthday January 09, 1941 Susannah York, Actress (A Man for All Seasons and Tom Jones) in London |
| Birthday January 09, 1951 Crystal Gale, in Kentucky |
| Birthday January 09, 1951 Rosalyn Kind, singer in Bkln |
| History January 09, 1768 First modern circus is staged |
| History January 09, 1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense |
| History January 09, 1788 Conneticut becomes 5th state |
| History January 09, 1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America |
| History January 09, 1799 1st income tax imposed in England |
| History January 09, 1806 Nelson buried at St. Paul's Cathedral |
| History January 09, 1839 Daguerrotype process announced at French Academy of Science |
| History January 09, 1839 Thomas Henderson measures 1st stellar parallax Alpha Centauri |
| History January 09, 1843 Caroline Herschel "1st lady of astronomy " dies at 98 in Germany |
| History January 09, 1847 1st SF paper 'California Star' published |
| History January 09, 1848 1st commercial bank in SF established |
| History January 09, 1854 Astor Library opened in NY |
| History January 09, 1861 Star of the West is fired upon |
| History January 09, 1861 Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede from US |
| History January 09, 1887 Record cold and snow decimates cattle herds |
| History January 09, 1903 AL Baltimore baseball team bought to move to NY for $18 000 |
| History January 09, 1912 US marines invade Honduras |
| History January 09, 1915 Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated |
| History January 09, 1917 Battle of Khadairi Bend begins |
| History January 09, 1924 Virginia Woolf buys a house in Bloomsbury |
| History January 09, 1936 Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army |
| History January 09, 1945 United States invades Luzon in Philippines |
| History January 09, 1945 As vowed MacArthur returned to Philippines |
| History January 09, 1952 Truman warns of Cold War dangers |
| History January 09, 1965 Support is pledged to civilian government |
| History January 09, 1965 Bond movie features Aston Martin |
| History January 09, 1967 U.S. officials try to counter claims of Saigon corruption |
| History January 09, 1972 Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire |
| History January 09, 1972 Fire breaks out on Queen Elizabeth |
| History January 09, 1972 Laker winning streak comes to an end |
| History January 09, 1976 Stallone starts filming Rocky |
| History January 09, 1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot |
| History January 09, 1978 Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established |
| History January 09, 1979 Pop luminaries gather at the U.N. for the Music for UNICEF concert |
| History January 09, 1982 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855 |
| History January 09, 1984 The Hillside Stranglers |
| History January 09, 1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect |
| History January 09, 2007 Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone |