Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: January 9
January 9, 2025 is the 9th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Capricorn is your zodiac sign. Garnet is your modern birthstone. Emerald is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: January 9
- 475 –Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
- 1349 –The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
- 1431 –Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
- 1788 –Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
- 1858 –Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
- 1894 –New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- 1947 –Elizabeth “Betty” Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
- 1991 –Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try and find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
- 1996 –First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighbouring Republic of Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
- 2005 –Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.
Who were born on January 9?
- 1819 –James Francis, Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
- 1849 –John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
- 1921 –Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
- 1922 –Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)
- 1950 –Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
- 1952 –Michael Capuano, American politician, United States Congressman from Massachusetts
- 1964 –Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player
- 1965 –Eric Erlandson, American musician
- 1982 –Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
- 1984 –Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
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