Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh. Date: January 9, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco. Date: January 9, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people. Date: January 9, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others. Date: January 9, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill. Date: January 9, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes. Date: January 9, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this…
Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre, the province of Quebec's first alternative schooling democratic learning centre to support homeschooled youth, opens in the city of Montreal. Date: January 9, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board. Date: January 9, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule. Date: January 8, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)
The city of San Diego passes an ordinance restricting free speech, provoking months of civil unrest between socialist Wobblies and business leaders that become the bloodiest free speech fight in history. Date: January 8, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On…