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Monday January 9, 2023

January 9: Day of the Week

January 9, 2023 was the 9th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 356 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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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)

  • 475
    Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
  • 1127
    Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty.
  • 1349
    The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
  • 1793
    Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
  • 1861
    Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
  • 1878
    Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
  • 1914
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
  • 1916
    World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
  • 1923
    Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
  • 1945
    World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.

Who were born on January 9?

  • 1475
    Crinitus, Florentine humanist (d. 1507)
  • 1589
    Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
  • 1901
    Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
  • 1909
    Patrick Peyton, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1992)
  • 1929
    Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
  • 1938
    Stuart Woods, American novelist
  • 1944
    Jimmy Page, British musician and producer (Led Zeppelin)
  • 1956
    Kimberly Beck, American actress
  • 1961
    Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter
  • 1968
    Al Schnier, American rock guitarist (moe.)

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