Events which occurred on your SELECTED date of January 09:
1998 Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
1998 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
1998 Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hrs 8 mins
1998 Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
1998 Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hours 8 mins
1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
1997 Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
1995 Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport
1995 Ecuador & Peru involve in boundary fight
1995 Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record (156.201 points)
1994 Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts)
1994 14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33)
1991 Baker and Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
1991 Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
1991 Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
1991 Dean Smith of North Carolina is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
1990 Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78
1990 64th U.S. manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
1990 Boston Celtics worst ¬ ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78
1990 Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses
1989 Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS
1988 August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston
1988 English earl of St Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
1988 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1988 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1988 English earl of St. Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
1987 Sir Rudolph Bing (of NY Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
1987 Sir Rudolph Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
1987 Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
1987 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
1986 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1986 NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
1984 "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
1984 EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1984 John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1983 British PM Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
1982 Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game
1982 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
1982 5.9 earthquake in New England and Canada; 1st since 1855
1981 Francisco Balsamao elected President of Portugal
1981 Francisco Balsamao elected pres of Portugal
1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1979 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) PA law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1979 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
1978 Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
1977 "Porgy & Bess" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 122 performances
1977 Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
1977 Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minn Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
1977 "Porgy and Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances
1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1976 Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike
1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes
1973 Luna 21 launched, to Moon
1972 Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
1972 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic New York City after 19 perf
1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic NYC after 19 perf
1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted
1969 Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight from Bristol England
1969 1st trial flight of Concorde
1969 Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight (Bristol England)
1968 Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon
1968 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats