British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland spy ring in London. Date: January 9, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)

Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon. Date: January 9, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians. Date: January 9, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)

Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Date: January 9, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12. Date: January 9, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia. Date: January 9, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)

First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians. Date: January 9, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on…

Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people. Date: January 9, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

TANS Perú Flight 222 crashes on approach to Chachapoyas Airport in Chachapoyas, Peru, killing 46 people. Date: January 9, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)

An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history. Date: January 9, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 2004…