January 9
January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 356 days remaining (357 in leap years).
Events
- 1878 - Humbert I becomes King of Italy
Births
- 1554 - Pope Gregory XV, Roman Catholic pope (1621-23)
- 1574 - Christoph Buel, composer
- 1620 - Johann Weichmann, composer
- 1695 - John E Loovens, lawyer
- 1699 - Robert J Pothier, famous French people lawyer
- 1728 - Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)
- 1748 - Stefan Paluselli, composer
- 1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (Lycksalighetens)
- 1803 - Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secretary Treasurer (Confederacy) died in 1888
- 1811 - Gilbert Abbott a Beckett, writer
- 1815 - William Jackson, composer
- 1816 - John Palmer Usher, Secretary Interior (Union) died in 1889
- 1820 - Pavel Krizkovsky, composer
- 1822 - John Porter Hatch, volunteers Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1901
- 1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (Caste)
- 1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (Tarimbekken)
- 1832 - Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch Governor of Suriname
- 1839 - John Knowles Paine, Portland ME, composer
- 1843 - Christiaan A Ulder, Curaçao, composer (waltzes/tumbas)
- 1851 - Giuseppi Gallignani, composer
- 1851 - Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer/theologian (Pequeñeces, Boy)
- 1856 - Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)
- 1856 - Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)
- 1856 - Stevan Mokranjac, composer
- 1857 - Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)
- 1859 - Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, women's rights leader/founder (League of Women Voters)
- 1859 - Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)
- 1864 - Vladimir Andreevich Steklov, Russian mathematician
- 1866 - Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher
- 1867 - Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth)
- 1870 - Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)
- 1871 - Charles Kortright, British cricket player
- 1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Rädi Ukraine, Hebrew poet/translator
- 1875 - Gertrude Whitney, sculptor (+ 1942)
- 1876 - Hans Bethge, writer
- 1879 - John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist
- 1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)
- 1881 - Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)
- 1890 - Karel Capek, Czechoslovakia, writer (R U R ); coined the word "robot"
- 1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Panther Tiger & Co), satirist, and social critic (+ 1935)
- 1891 - August Gailit, Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor)
- 1894 - Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter/graphic artist
- 1897 - Luis Gianneo, composer
- 1898 - Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer
- 1898 - Vilma Banky, Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel)
- 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer
- 19-- - Melissa Morgan, actress (Brittany-Young & Restless)
- 19-- - Pat Dunbar, heavy metal rocker (Mind Funk-Sugar Ain't So Sweet, Fire)
- 1900 - Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer
- 1901 - Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie)
- 1902 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager (New York Metropolitan Opera)
- 1902 - Jose Maria Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás, Spanish priest (Opus Dei)
- 1904 - George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer
- 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, France, author (Mandarins, 2nd Sex), (+ 1986)
- 1909 - Herva Nelli, soprano
- 1910 - Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader
- 1911 - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health
- 1911 - Stafford William Somerfield, British newspaper editor
- 1912 - Ralph Tubbs, architect
- 1913 - Richard Milhouse Nixon, Yorba Linda CA, (R) 37th US President (1969-1974), only President to resign from office (+ 1994)
- 1913 - Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano
- 1913 - Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist
- 1914 - Derek Allhusen, England, equestrian (Olympics-gold-1968)
- 1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, Pittsburgh PA, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop)
- 1914 - Rose Hovick a.k.a. Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy)
- 1915 - Anita Louise, New York City NY, actress (My Friend Flicka)
- 1915 - Fernando Lamas, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor ("You look marvelous")
- 1915 - Les Paul, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul Guitar)
- 1916 - Vic Mizzy, Brooklyn NY, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show)
- 1916 - Alain Bernardin, impressario (Crazy Horse Saloon)
- 1917 - Herbert Lom, Czech, actor (Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray)
- 1921 - Seymour Barab, composer
- 1921 - Patricia Highsmith, American novelist
- 1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1957-84)
- 1922 - Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968)
- 1924 - Julián B Coco, Curaçao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony Orchestra)
- 1925 - Lee Van Cleef, New Jersey, actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York)
- 1925 - Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist
- 1928 - Judith Krantz, New York New York, author (Scruples, I'll Take Manhattan, Princess Daisy, Dazzle)
- 1928 - Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare)
- 1928 - Fernand J St Germain, (Representative-D-RI, 1961- )
- 1929 - Heiner Muller, dramatist (+ 1995)
- 1931 - Algis Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author (Man of Earth)
- 1931 - Geoffrey Wragg, British reorganizer
- 1933 - Robert Garcia, (Representative-D-New York, 1978- )
- 1933 - Sonia Garmers, [Justina], Curaçao, author (Dear Queen)
- 1934 - Bart Starr, NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay)
- 1935 - Bob Denver, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island)
- 1935 - Dick Enberg, Mt Clemens MI, sportscaster (Where's Huddles)
- 1935 - Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer
- 1936 - Peter Fletcher, music teacher
- 1937 - K Schlesinger, writer
- 1937 - Judith Krantz, author
- 1938 - Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist/actor/assistant secretary of Justice
- 1940 - Jimmy Boyd, McComb MO, actor/singer (Howard-Bachelor Father)
- 1940 - Barbara Buczek, composer
- 1941 - Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate
- 1941 - Susannah York, London, actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones)
- 1942 - K Callan, Dallas TX, actress (This House Possessed, Splendor in the Grass, Martha-Lois & Clark)
- 1943 - Dick Yount, rocker (Harpers Bizarre)
- 1943 - Kathryn Walker, Philadelphia PA, actress (Beacon Hill, Barbara-Another World)
- 1943 - Kenneth Kelley, US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live)
- 1943 - Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed)
- 1944 - Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore)
- 1944 - Jimmy Page, London England, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
- 1945 - Frank J Biondi Jr, president (HBO)
- 1945 - Harun Farocki, actor/director (Nicht loeschbares Feur)
- 1946 - Leo Gullotta, actor (Sinbad of the 7 Seas)
- 1948 - William Cowsill, Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
- 1948 - Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)
- 195- - Margaret Klenck, actress (One Life to Live, As The World Turns)
- 1950 - David Johansen, [Buster Poindexter], NY, singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!)
- 1950 - Rio Reiser, rock singer
- 1951 - Crystal Gayle, Kentucky, country singer (Don't it make my brown eyes blue)
- 1951 - Rosalyn Kind, Brooklyn, singer (½ sister of Barbra Streisand)
- 1952 - Eveline L Herfkens, Dutch MP (PvdA)
- 1954 - Lance Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
- 1956 - Kimberly Beck Hilton, Glendale CA, American actress (Kim-Peyton Place)
- 1956 - David Smith, cricketer (England lefty batsman in 2 Tests vs West Indies 1986)
- 1959 - Otis Nixon, US baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers)
- 1960 - David Peoples, Augusta ME, Nike golfer (1991 Buick Southern Open)
- 1960 - Lisa Walters, Prince Rupert BC, LPGA golfer (Itoki Hawaiian-1992, 93)
- 1962 - Phil Lewis, London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
- 1964 - Stan Javier, S P de Macoris Dominican Republic, outfielder (Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants)
- 1965 - Tyrone Bogues a.k.a. Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, San Francisco Warriors, Washington Bullets)
- 1965 - Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
- 1965 - Carin Garbarra, East Orange NJ, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
- 1965 - Cindy Brooks, East Hampton CT, rower (Olympics-96)
- 1965 - Darren Bennett, NFL punter (San Diego Chargers)
- 1965 - Georg Franz, Straubing Germany, hockey forward (Team Germany, Landshut)
- 1965 - Vincent Brown, NFL inside linebacker (New England Patriots)
- 1966 - Jimmie Jones, defensive end/defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1967 - Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band)
- 1967 - Dave Mcllwain, Seaforth, NHL center (Pittsburgh Penguins)
- 1967 - Jamie Huscroft, Creston, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
- 1968 - Jimmy Adams, cricketer (prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992)
- 1968 - Katie Anderson, Kingston Jamaica, Canada 100m hurdler (Olympics-7th-92, 96)
- 1968 - Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer (1991 Thailand Open)
- 1969 - Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Houston Astros)
- 1969 - Johanna Ikonen, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics-98)
- 1970 - Graciela Schutt, El Paso TX, WPVA volleyballer (Deerfield-25th-1995)
- 1971 - Bill Schroeder, NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI)
- 1971 - Elizabeth Punsalan, Syracuse NY, dance skater (& Swallow, Olympics-15-94)
- 1971 - Scott Thornton, London, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
- 1972 - Eddie Mason, NFL linebacker (New York Jets)
- 1972 - Jay Powell, Meridian MS, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
- 1972 - Kristie Hicks, Bardstown KY, Miss Kentucky-America (1995)
- 1973 - Aaron Holbert, US baseball infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
- 1973 - Ronald Hamming, soccer player (FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard)
- 1974 - Craig Wishart, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995)
- 1974 - Jamain Stephens, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- 1975 - Justin Huish, Fountain Valley CA, archer (Olympics-gold-1996)
- 1975 - Mariano Friedick, Tarzana CA, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
- 1976 - Amy Safe, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
- 1976 - Radek Bonk, Koprivnice Czechoslovakia, NHL center (Ottawa Senators, Team Czechoslovakia)
- 1979 - Lavinia Magruder, Miss Vermont Teen-USA (1996)
- 2002 - Morgan Kay Beamer, daughter of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines flight 93
Deaths
- 1283 - Wu Tian Xiang (1236-1283), the most renowned Chinese patriot of the Song Dynasty, was executed in Beijing at age 47.
- 1324 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer, dies
- 1499 - Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
- 1514 - Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36
- 1677 - Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73
- 1679 - Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45
- 1798 - Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea Earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79
- 1828 - Pieter Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83
- 1843 - Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany
- 1849 - Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83
- 1853 - Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75
- 1854 - Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1863 - Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71
- 1873 - Napoleon III of France
- 1878 - Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, king of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57
- 1879 - Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86
- 1886 - Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73
- 1893 - Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten
- 1902 - Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66
- 1904 - Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies
- 1908 - Abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67
- 1908 - Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies
- 1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57
- 1923 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34
- 1927 - Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71
- 1929 - Heiner Müller, writer, dies
- 1930 - Edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
- 1931 - [[Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer]]], French writer (La fille perdue), dies
- 1936 - John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40
- 1939 - Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72
- 1941 - Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
- 1943 - Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53
- 1946 - Countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies in New York City NY at 42
- 1947 - Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53
- 1947 - Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80
- 1949 - Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75
- 1953 - Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89
- 1957 - Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83
- 1958 - Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies
- 1959 - Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71
- 1962 - LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68
- 1964 - Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80
- 1966 - Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68
- 1968 - Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Olympics-bronze-1964), commits suicide
- 1968 - Louis-François-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90
- 1969 - Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86
- 1972 - Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80
- 1975 - John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58
- 1975 - Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77
- 1977 - Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62
- 1977 - Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71
- 1978 - Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Queensland quick got Don for a duck), dies
- 1979 - Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80
- 1979 - Sara Carter, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80
- 1981 - Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58
- 1984 - Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77
- 1985 - Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
- 1987 - Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81
- 1992 - Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72
- 1992 - William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
- 1993 - Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
- 1993 - Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
- 1994 - Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82
- 1995 - Peter Cook, British actor, satirist, writer, and comedian (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled)
- 1995 - Souphanouvong, [Red Prince], President of Laos (1975-87), dies at 85
- 1996 - Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88
- 1996 - Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies
- 1996 - Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45
- 1997 - Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies
- 1997 - [[Jesse [Marc Weidenfeld] White]], actor (Maytag repairman, Bedtime for Bonzo), dies at 77
- 1997 - Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90
- 1998 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79
- 1998 - Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal College of Music), dies at 93
Holidays and observances
- 1788 - Ratification Day in Connecticut
- 1964 - Memorial day of Patriotic Panamanians for the Panama Canal (Martyrs' Day/Dia de los Martires)
- Roman Catholic - Feast of St Adrian
Sport
- 1977 - Super Bowl XI Oakland Raiders (32) def. Minnesota Vikings (14)
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
January 8 - January 10 - December 9 - February 9 - Historical anniversaries