January 9
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- Martyrs' Day in Panama
- Feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila, Philippines
- Feast day of Saints Julian and Basilissa.
On this day . . .
- Connecticut becomes the 5th state of the Union (1788)
- Income tax is introduced in Britain (1799)
- New York State introduces a bill to outlaw flirting in public (1902)
- The United Nations headquarters officially opens in New York City (1951)
- The first British X film certificate is awarded (1951)
- The first trial of Concorde, the supersonic airliner (1969)
- British miners go on strike for the first time since 1926 (1972)
- Russian cosmonaut Valeri Poliakov, breaks the record for the longest continuous time spent in outer space (1995)
- The Phantom of the Opera becomes the longest-running show in Broadway history (2006)
- Apple presents the iPhone (2007)
Births
- Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and critic (1908)
- Richard Nixon, American president (1913)
- Herbert Lom, Czechoslovakian actor, famous the Phantom of the Opera (1917)
- Joan Baez, American protest singer (1941)
- Scott Walker, American singer (1943)
- Jimmy Page, English guitarist with Led Zeppelin (1945)
- Sergio García, Spanish golfer (1980)
- Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer/songwriter (1987)
Deaths
- Napoleon III, French emperor (1873)
- Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (1923)
- Peter Cook, English comedian (1995)