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January 9: Day of the Week
January 9, 2024 was the 9th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 357 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
January 9 Historical Event(s)
1768
In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
1816
Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
1861
American Civil War: The “Star of the West” incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the “First Shots of the American Civil War”.
1905
According to the Julian Calendar which is used at the time, Russian workers stage a march on the Winter Palace that ends in the massacre by Tsarist troops known as Bloody Sunday, setting off the Russian Revolution of 1905.
1909
Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nmi from the South Pole, the furthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
1941
World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
1947
Elizabeth “Betty” Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
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.
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.
1992
The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
Who were born on January 9?
1811
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
1881
Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)
1902
Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest and founder of Opus Dei (d. 1975)
1916
Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader (d. 2009)
1920
Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar (d. 1998)
1933
Wilbur Smith, Zambian-British novelist
1942
John Dunning, American writer
1943
Robert Drewe, Australian author
1967
Steve Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth)
1975
Kim Mathers, Eminem’s ex-wife
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