Historical Events In January - 09

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

1953  On this day in history hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89  

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

1954  On this day in history bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game  

1954  On this day in history -87�F (-66�C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)  

1956  On this day in history abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column first appears in newspapers  

1956  On this day in history samir el-Rifai forms government in Jordan  

1956  On this day in history abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers  

1957  On January - 09 british prime minister Anthony Eden resigns.  

1957  On this day in history checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR  

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

1957  On January - 09 karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR  

1957  Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 on January - 09.  

1958  Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies on this day in history.  

1959  "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV on this day in history.  

1959  On January - 09 dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die  

1959  Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1960  On January - 09 building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins  

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 this day in history.  

1963  On January - 09 mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"  

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

1964  Anti-US rioting breaks out in the Panama Canal Zone on this day in history.  

1964  Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 on January - 09.  

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

1965  On January - 09 near Hope BC a mountain avalanche kills 4 drivers on highway near Hope.  

1966  On January - 09 polish government denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism  

1966  On this day in history haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68  

1967  Georgia legislature seats Representative Julian Bond on this day in history.  

1968  On January - 09 surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on the Moon  

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

1968  On this day in history kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide  

1969  On January - 09 concorde jetliner's first test flight (Bristol England)  

1969  On this day in history the supersonic airliner, Concorde, makes its first test flight  

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

1571  Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621) was born on January - 09.  

1574  Christoph Buel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Weichmann, composer  

1624  On this day in history birth of empress Meishō (d. 1696)  

1695  John E Loovens, lawyer was born on this day in history.  

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

1728  On January - 09 birth of thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)  

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 this day in history death of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (b. 1204)  

1283  On this day in history death of wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236)  

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 this day in history death of guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)  

1562  Death of Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514) on this day in history.  

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