What Happened on January 9?

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EVENTS ON JANUARY 9

American Civil War

Year: 1861

American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.

Umberto I of Italy

Year: 1878

Umberto I becomes King of Italy.

Mississippi

Year: 1861

Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.

Revolt of Rajab Ali

Year: 1858

British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong

French Academy of Sciences

Year: 1839

The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson

Year: 1903

Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.

Ernest Shackleton

Year: 1909

Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

Battle of Bear Valley

Year: 1918

Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.

Sriwijaya Air Flight 182

Year: 2021

Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.

Battle of Rafa

Year: 1917

World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.

BIRTHS ON JANUARY 9

Fernando Lamas

Year of birth: 1915

Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (died 1982)

Anita Louise

Year of birth: 1915

Anita Louise, American actress (died 1970)

Kenny Clarke

Year of birth: 1914

Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (died 1985)

Richard Nixon

Year of birth: 1913

Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994)

Alma Ziegler

Year of birth: 1918

Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (died 2005)

William Morris Meredith Jr.

Year of birth: 1919

William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (died 2007)

Ágnes Keleti

Year of birth: 1921

Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (died 2025)

Clive Dunn

Year of birth: 1920

Clive Dunn, English actor (died 2012)

Hakeem Muhammad Saeed

Year of birth: 1920

Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (died 1998)

Basil Langton

Year of birth: 1912

Basil Langton, English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (died 2003)

DEATHS ON JANUARY 9

Houston Stewart Chamberlain

Year of death: 1927

Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (born 1855)

Ponnambalam Arunachalam

Year of death: 1924

Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (born 1853)

Edward Bok

Year of death: 1930

Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (born 1863)

Wayne Munn

Year of death: 1931

Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (born 1896)

Johann Strauss III

Year of death: 1939

Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1866)

John Gilbert (actor)

Year of death: 1936

John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1899)

Katherine Mansfield

Year of death: 1923

Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1888)

Émile Reynaud

Year of death: 1918

Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (born 1844)

Abraham Goldfaden

Year of death: 1908

Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (born 1840)

Richard Copley Christie

Year of death: 1901

Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (born 1830)

HOLIDAYS ON JANUARY 9

Hōonkō

Start of Hōonkō (Nishi Honganji) January 9–16 (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)

Martyrs' Day (Panama)

Day of Republika Srpska

Day of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, result of 2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional in 2015)