Historical Events In January - 09

1953  Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game on this day in history.  

1953  Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 on January - 09.  

1954  On January - 09 -87ºF (-66ºC), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)  

1954  Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game on January - 09.  

1954  -87°F (-66°C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record) on this day in history.  

1956  Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column first appears in newspapers on this day in history.  

1956  Samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan on this day in history.  

1956  On January - 09 abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers  

1957  British prime minister Anthony Eden resigns on January - 09.  

1957  Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR on January - 09.  

1957  On this day in history dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"  

1957  Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR on this day in history.  

1957  Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1958  On January - 09 paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies  

1959  "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV on January - 09.  

1959  Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71  

1960  Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins on this day in history.  

1962  On January - 09 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1962  LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 on January - 09.  

1963  Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo" on January - 09.  

1964  21 Panamanians and three U.S. soldiers die when anti-US rioting erupts in the Panama Canal Zone on January - 09.  

1964  On this day in history anti-US rioting breaks out in the Panama Canal Zone  

1964  Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks  

1965  On this day in history near Hope BC a mountain avalanche kills 4 drivers on highway near Hope.  

1966  On this day in history polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism  

1966  On January - 09 haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68  

1967  On this day in history georgia legislature seats Representative Julian Bond  

1968  Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon on January - 09.  

1968  The U.S. unmanned space probe Surveyor Seven lands on the lunar surface on this day in history.  

1968  On January - 09 kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

1969  Concorde jetliner's first test flight (Bristol England) on this day in history.  

1969  The supersonic airliner, Concorde, makes its first test flight on this day in history.  

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1554  Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) was born on this day in history.  

1571  On January - 09 birth of karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)  

1574  On January - 09 birth of christoph Buel, composer  

1620  On January - 09 birth of johann Weichmann, composer  

1624  On January - 09 birth of empress Meishō (d. 1696)  

1695  On January - 09 birth of john E Loovens, lawyer  

1699  Robert J Pothier, French lawyer was born on January - 09.  

1728  Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy) was born on January - 09.  

1150  On this day in history death of emperor Xizong of Jin was murdered by Prince Hailing of Jin in a Coup d'état.  

1282  On January - 09 death of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204)  

1283  Death of Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236) on this day in history.  

1499  On this day in history johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43  

1514  On this day in history anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36  

1543  On January - 09 death of guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)  

1562  On this day in history death of amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)  

1571  On this day in history death of nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)