9TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS JULIAN & BASILISSA; ST
BERHTWALD OF CANTERBURY; ST PETER OF SEBASTEA; ST WANINGUS OR VANENG; & ST MARCIANA OF
RUSCCUR." |
| 9TH |
1349 |
700 JEWS AT BASEL, SWITZERLAND, ARE BURNED ALIVE IN THEIR
HOMES. |
| 9TH |
1788 |
CONNECTICUT BECOMES THE 5TH STATE OF
THE AMERICAN UNION. |
| 9TH |
1799 |
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER "WILLIAM PITT" INTRODUCES
INCOME TAX AT THE RATE OF 2 SHILLINGS IN THE POUND. |
| 9TH |
1811 |
FIRST WOMANS GOLF TOURNAMENT IN
SCOTLAND. |
| 9TH |
1855 |
THE CLIPPER, ‘GUIDING STAR’ DISAPPEARS IN
THE ATLANTIC ALONG WITH 480 LIVES. |
| 9TH |
1869 |
THE CLIPPER ‘THERMOPYLAE’ ARRIVES
AT PORT PHILLIP ON IT’S MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM LONDON IN A RECORD TIME OF 60 DAYS. |
| 9TH |
1902 |
NEW YORK INTRODUCES A LAW, BANNING FLIRTING IN PUBLIC. |
| 9TH |
1925 |
SHOWMAN, "WILLIAM KEEPING"
WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING BITTEN ON THE TONGUE BY A TIGER SNAKE DURING A
PERFORMANCE AT SEMAPHORE, ADELAIDE. |
| 9TH |
1957 |
THE POST OFFICE INTRODUCES DETECTOR VANS’ TO
CATCH TELEVISION LICENCE DODGERS IN THE U.K. |
| 9TH |
1961 |
"MYER EMPORIUM LTD" TAKES
OVER "FARMER & CO," IN SYDNEY. |
| 9TH |
1967 |
THE LAST MAN EXECUTED IN AUSTRALIA, "RONALD RYAN,"
IS HANGED IN MELBOURNE. |
| 9TH |
1969 |
THE SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT
‘CONCORDE’ MADE IT’S FIRST TRIAL FLIGHT. |
| 9TH |
1972 |
FIRE DESTROYS THE LINER ‘QUEEN ELIZABETH’ IN
HONG KONG HARBOUR. |
| 9TH |
1973 |
FORMER "VELVET UNDERGROUND"
SINGER "LOU REED" MARRIES COCKTAIL WAITRESS, "BETTY" IN NEW YORK. |
| 9TH |
1975 |
THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM INSPIRED BY BOWLERS,
"LILLEE" & "THOMPSON" REGAIN THE ASHES. |
| 9TH |
1980 |
63 ARE BEHEADED IN MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA. |
| 9TH |
1983 |
4 FIREFIGHTERS DIE IN BUSHFIRES IN NSW & VICTORIA. |
| 9TH |
1995 |
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT "VALERI
POLIAKOV" 51, COMPLETED A RECORD 366 DAYS IN SPACE ABOARD THE ‘MIR’ SPACE
STATION. |
| 9TH |
1996 |
LONE SAILORS FRENCHMAN, "THIERRY DUBOIS" (WHO SAT
ON TOP OF HIS OVERTURNED YACHT) AND BRITISH SAILOR, "TONY BULLIMORE" (WHO WAS
COCOONED INSIDE HIS OVERTURNED YACHT), WERE RESCUED BY AUSTRALIAN AIRFORCE AND NAVY CREWS,
MORE THAN 100 HOURS AFTER OVERTURNING. |
| 9TH |
1998 |
THE DECAPITATED HEAD OF DANISH LITTLE
MERMAID IS RETURNED. |
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