Editing January 9 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson]], son of the poet [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson]], becomes the second [[Governor-General of Australia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 36 - 1944 and 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ML1RzBCtiBoC&pg=PA68|publisher=Aust. Bureau of Statistics|pages=68}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Ernest Shackleton]], leading the [[Nimrod Expedition]] to the [[South Pole]], plants the [[Flag of the United Kingdom|British flag]] {{convert|97|nmi|km mi}} from the South Pole, the [[Farthest South|farthest anyone had ever reached]] at that time.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Phi Beta Sigma]] fraternity is founded by African-American students at [[Howard University]] in Washington D.C., United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bruin Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOWx7OGLGy8C|year=1990|publisher=ASUCLA Communications Board|page=289}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Gallipoli Campaign|Battle of Gallipoli]] concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ray Westlake|title=British Regiments at Gallipoli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gN_RAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR10|date=1 June 1996|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-0-85052-511-3|pages=10}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: The [[Battle of Rafa]] is fought near the [[Egypt]]ian border with [[History of Palestine#Ottoman period|Palestine]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward J Erickson|title=Gallipoli & the Middle East: The History of World War I: From the Dardanelles to Mesopotamia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA2JDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=15 March 2012|publisher=Amber Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-906626-15-0|pages=166}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bear Valley]]: The last battle of the [[American Indian Wars]].<ref>{{cite book|author=George H. Junne|title=Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J42lN1FX0x8C&pg=PA82|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31208-3|pages=82}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee]] outlaws the [[Makhnovshchina]] by decree, igniting the [[Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Darch|first=Colin|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921|year=2020|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|isbn=9781786805263|oclc=1225942343|page=94}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)|Greco-Turkish War]]: The [[First Battle of İnönü]], the first battle of the war, begins near [[Eskişehir]] in [[Anatolia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Paneth|title=Turkey--decadence and Rebirth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GD5CAAAAIAAJ|year=1943|publisher=Alliance Press Limited|page=146}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Juan de la Cierva]] makes the first [[autogyro]] flight.<ref>{{cite book|author=Norris McWhirter|title=Guinness Book of World Records, 1985|url=https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh|url-access=registration|date=April 1985|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=978-0-553-24805-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh/page/319 319]}}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] residents of the [[Memel Territory]] [[Klaipėda Revolt|rebel]] against the [[League of Nations]]' decision to leave the area as a [[League of Nations mandate|mandated region]] under French control.
*[[1927]] &ndash; A fire at the [[Laurier Palace Theatre fire|Laurier Palace movie theatre]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec, Canada]], kills 78 children.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgHiAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Éditions Historia Ecclesiae Catholicae Canadensis|page=53}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: First flight of the [[Avro Lancaster]].<ref>{{cite book|author=A. G. Sherwood|title=Flying 40 Missions with Red: Memoirs of WW II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFKLu7fO0C0C&pg=PA40|year=2005|publisher=Durango Publishing Corp.|isbn=978-1-55422-777-8|pages=40}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Sixth United States Army]] begins the [[invasion of Lingayen Gulf]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Australia in the War of 1939-1945 : Ser. 5. Medical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1YhAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Australian War Memorial|page=75}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] Sir [[Anthony Eden]] resigns from office following his failure to [[Suez Crisis|retake]] the [[Suez Canal]] from Egyptian sovereignty.<ref>{{cite news |title=1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=12 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112121017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[Vega de Tera disaster|Vega de Tera dam fails]], triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of [[Ribadelago]] and kills 144 residents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |title=40 años de la tragedia de Ribadelago, en la que murieron 144 personas |language=es |first=José |last=Lera |date=10 January 1999 |location=Zamora |access-date=12 September 2018 |newspaper=[[El País]] |publisher=[[PRISA]] |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002459/https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[President of Egypt]] [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] opens construction on the [[Aswan Dam]] by detonating ten tons of [[dynamite]] to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the [[Nile]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mizan Newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7EMAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Central Asian Research Centre|page=14}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; British authorities announce they have uncovered the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Portland spy ring]] in London.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] announces plans to build the C-5 rocket [[launch vehicle]], then known as the "Advanced [[Saturn V|Saturn]]", to carry human beings to the Moon.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ertel|first1=Ivan D.|last2=Brooks|first2=Mary Louise|title=The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology. Volume 1: Through November 7, 1962|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Aeronautices and Space Administration|date=1969|oclc=23818|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUMCAAAAIAAJ|pages=134–135|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=27-Story Moon Rocket Chosen|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 10, 1962|page=A11}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Martyrs' Day (Panama)|Martyrs' Day]]: Several [[Panama]]nian 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.
*[[1991]] &ndash; Representatives from the United States and [[Iraq]] meet at the [[Geneva Peace Conference (1991)|Geneva Peace Conference]] to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi [[invasion of Kuwait]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bhim Singh|title=Iraq: A Heroic Resistance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCsz_CwoxCoC&pg=PA41|year=2001|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-81-241-0833-8|pages=41}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] proclaims the creation of [[Republika Srpska]], a new state within [[Yugoslavia]].
*  1992 &ndash; The first discoveries of [[exoplanet|extrasolar planet]]s are announced by astronomers [[Aleksander Wolszczan]] and [[Dale Frail]]. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar [[PSR B1257+12|PSR 1257+12]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wolszczan | first1 = A. |bibcode=1992Natur.355..145W| last2 = Frail | first2 = D. A. | doi = 10.1038/355145a0 | title = A planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR1257 + 12 | journal = Nature | volume = 355 | issue = 6356 | pages = 145–147 | year = 1992 | s2cid = 4260368 }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[First Chechen War]]: [[Chechens|Chechen]] [[Separatism|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 [[Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis|a massive hostage crisis]] involving thousands of [[civilian]]s.
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Comair Flight 3272]] crashes in [[Raisinville Township, Michigan|Raisinville Township]] in [[Monroe County, Michigan]], killing 29 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N265CA Monroe, MI|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|access-date=2021-12-17|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217182034/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[TANS Perú Flight 222]] crashes on approach to [[Chachapoyas Airport]] in [[Chachapoyas, Peru]], killing 46 people.<ref name="avs">{{cite web |title=accident description Thursday 9 January 2003 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |access-date=31 December 2018 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051407/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; An [[inflatable boat]] carrying illegal [[Albania]]n emigrants [[Karaburun tragedy|stalls]] near the [[Karaburun Peninsula, Albania|Karaburun Peninsula]] en route to [[Brindisi]], Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.<ref>Arben Lagreta [http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980  Tragjedia, zbardhet deklarata e Bizhgës] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707032401/http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980 |date=7 July 2012 }}, 11 March 2009</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Mahmoud Abbas]] wins the [[2005 Palestinian presidential election|election]] to succeed [[Yasser Arafat]] as President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]], replacing interim president [[Rawhi Fattouh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=2005: Abbas triumphs in Palestinian elections |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; The [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]] and the [[Government of Sudan]] sign the [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]] to end the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]].<ref name=nd>{{cite news |url=https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |title=Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement |website=Peace Accords Matrix |publisher=Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, [[University of Notre Dame]] |access-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503221840/https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] CEO [[Steve Jobs]] introduces the original [[IPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]] at a Macworld keynote in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Farber |title=When iPhone met world, 7 years ago today |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |publisher=[[CNET]] |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705220307/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Iran Air Flight 277]] crashes near [[Urmia]] in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |title=Accident: Iran Air B722 near Orumiyeh on Jan 9th 2011, impacted terrain during go-around |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=[[The Aviation Herald]] |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210112709/http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; An [[Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant explosion|explosion]] at a [[Mitsubishi Materials]] chemical plant in [[Yokkaichi]], Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explosion at Japan chemical factory|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|date=9 January 2014|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109091321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; The perpetrators of the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting|''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting]] in [[Paris]] two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a [[Porte de Vincennes siege|second hostage situation]], related to the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in [[Vincennes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|title=Paris hostage situation ends with gunman dead|date=9 January 2015|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152503/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; A [[Mozambique funeral beer poisoning|mass poisoning]] at a funeral in [[Mozambique]] involving beer that was contaminated with ''[[Burkholderia gladioli]]'' leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.<ref>{{cite journal |title= Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa |author=Eduardo Samo Gudo |display-authors=et al |journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases |volume=66 |issue=9 |date=17 April 2018 |pages=1400–1406 |doi=10.1093/cid/cix1005|pmid= 29155976 |pmc=5908738 }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Sriwijaya Air Flight 182|Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes]] north of [[Jakarta]], Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-09|title=Boeing 737 goes missing over Indonesia - follow live updates|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109181815/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|url-status=live}}</ref>