Thursday January 9, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the nd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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.
American Civil War: the Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas.
The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, began near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
Elizabeth “Betty” Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighbouring Republic of Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28.

Who were born on ?

Luísa Todi, Portuguese mezzo-soprano opera singer (d. 1833)
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator (d. 1969)
Sergei Parajanov, Soviet film director (d. 1990)
Robert Drewe, Australian author
Michiko Kakutani, American literary critic
Mia X, American rapper
Jay Powell, baseball player
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

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