January 9 is the 9th day of the year.
Play God Day What would you do if you were god for a day?
National Apricot Day
1349 – The Basel massacre – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, was rounded up and incinerated.
Connecticut Ratification Day; in 1788 Connecticut became the fifth state.
- Capital: Hartford
- Nickname: Constitution State
- Aircraft – Corsair F4U
- Animal – Sperm Whale
- Bird: Robin
- Composer – Charles Edward Ives
- Flower: Mountain Laurel
- Folk Dance – Square Dance
- Fossil – Eubrontes Giganteus dinosaur tracks
- Hero – Nathan Hale
- Heroine – Prudence Crandall
- Insect – Praying Mantis
- Mineral – Garnet
- Motto: He Who Transplanted Still Sustains
- Poet Laureate – John Hollander
- Shellfish – Eastern Oyster
- Ship – USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
- Song – “Yankee Doodle”
- Tall Ship – Freedom Schooner Amistad
- Tree: White Oak
See our page Connecticut for more interesting facts and trivia about Connecticut.
The Daguerrotype photo process was announced in 1839.
1902 – New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
Birthday of Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913), born in Yorba Linda, California, thirty-seventh President of the United States.
In 1942 Joe Louis achieved the heavyweight boxing title by knocking out Buddy Baer in the first round.
“Dear Abby” advice column by Abigail Van Buren first appeared in newspapers in 1956.
Birthday of Catherine “Kate” Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, (January 9, 1982) wife of Britain’s Prince William.
On January 9, 2007, Steven P. Jobs introduced Apple’s long-awaited entry into the cellphone world, the iPhone.