January 9
1788 - Connecticut became the fifth state.
1793 - Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew from Philadelphia to Woodbury, New Jersey.
1861 - Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union.
1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, California.
1914 - The County of Los Angeles opened the country's first public defender's office.
1916 - The World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended after eight months with an Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew.
1945 - During World War II, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces.
1951 - The United Nations headquarters in New York officially opened.
1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his State of the Union address to Congress, warned of the threat of Communist imperialism.
1964 - Anti-American rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone.
1968 - Surveyor 7, the last of America's unmanned lunar probes, landed on the Moon.
1972 - Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, speaking by telephone from the Bahamas to reporters in Hollywood, said a purported autobiography of him, as told to writer Clifford Irving, was a fake.
1987 - The White House released a January 1986 memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
2003 - U.N. weapons inspectors said there was no "smoking gun" to prove Iraq had nuclear, chemical or biological weapons but they demanded that Baghdad provide private access to scientists and fresh evidence to back its claim that it had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction.
2005 - Mahmoud Abbas, the No. 2 man in the Palestinian hierarchy during Yasser Arafat's rule, was elected president of the Palestinian Authority by a landslide.
2015 - French security forces shot and killed two al-Qaida-linked brothers suspected of carrying out the rampage at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that had claimed 12 lives.
2020 - Chinese state media said a preliminary investigation into recent cases of viral pneumonia had identified the probable cause as a new type of coronavirus.
2022 - Seventeen people, including eight children, died after a fire sparked by a malfunctioning space heater filled a high-rise apartment building with smoke in the New York City borough of the Bronx; it was the city's deadliest blaze in three decades.
2023 - Constantine, the former and final king of Greece, died in Athens at age 82.
Birthdays
20 - Tyree Brown (actor)
26 - Kerris Dorsey (actress)
29 - Nicola Peltz (actress)
31 - Basil Eidenbenz (actor)
35 - Nina Dobrev (actress)
42 - Catherine (wife of Britain's Prince William)
46 - A.J. McLean (singer)
46 - Chad Johnson (football player)
50 - Omari Hardwick (actor)
51 - Angela Bettis (actress)
53 - Deon Cole (actor/comedian)
56 - Joey Lauren Adams (actress)
57 - Dave Matthews (singer)
57 - David Costabile (actor)
59 - Joely Richardson (actress)
59 - Muggsy Bogues (basketball player)
68 - Imelda Staunton (actress)
69 - J.K. Simmons (actor)
73 - Crystal Gayle (singer)
79 - John Doman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 9
1918 - The NHL announced a new rule that permitted goaltenders to leave their feet while making a save. Previously a penalty was called if a goalie sat or lay on the ice to stop the puck.
1930 - The Boston Bruins set an NHL record with 14 straight wins.
1962 - The NFL banned the grabbing of face masks.
1967 - The NFL's expansion franchise in New Orleans selects the nickname "Saints."
1972 - The Los Angeles Lakers record 33-game winning streak came to an end with a 120-104 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
1977 - The Oakland Raiders defeat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 to win Super Bowl XI.
1979 - The Boston Bruins retire Bobby Orr's #4.
1981 - Hockey Hall of Famer, Phil Esposito, announced that he would retire as a hockey player after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres hockey game.
1989 - Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1990 - Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 - A special committee of Major League Baseball authorities officially banned Pete Rose from being elected into the Hall of Fame.
1991 - North Carolina men's basketball coach Dean Smith becomes the seventh in NCAA history to win 700 games.
1998 - The "Hockey News" magazine selected Wayne Gretzky as the best NHL player ever.
2000 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino plays in his final career game, a 20-17 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
2004 - Brian Boucher (Phoenix Coyotes) set a new NHL record with his fifth consecutive shutout. The total time of the streak was 325 minutes and 45 seconds.
2005 - Randy Moss (Minnesota Vikings) pretended to pull down his pants and moon the Green Bay Packer crowd during a playoff win. On January 13 the NFL fined Moss $10,000 for the act.
2012 - Alabama defeats LSU 21-0 to win the BCS National Championship Game.
2017 - Clemson defeats Alabama 35-31 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
2023 - Georgia routs TCU 65-7 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
1788 - Connecticut became the fifth state.
1793 - Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew from Philadelphia to Woodbury, New Jersey.
1861 - Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union.
1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, California.
1914 - The County of Los Angeles opened the country's first public defender's office.
1916 - The World War I Battle of Gallipoli ended after eight months with an Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces withdrew.
1945 - During World War II, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces.
1951 - The United Nations headquarters in New York officially opened.
1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his State of the Union address to Congress, warned of the threat of Communist imperialism.
1964 - Anti-American rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone.
1968 - Surveyor 7, the last of America's unmanned lunar probes, landed on the Moon.
1972 - Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, speaking by telephone from the Bahamas to reporters in Hollywood, said a purported autobiography of him, as told to writer Clifford Irving, was a fake.
1987 - The White House released a January 1986 memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan by Lt. Col. Oliver L. North showing a link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
2003 - U.N. weapons inspectors said there was no "smoking gun" to prove Iraq had nuclear, chemical or biological weapons but they demanded that Baghdad provide private access to scientists and fresh evidence to back its claim that it had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction.
2005 - Mahmoud Abbas, the No. 2 man in the Palestinian hierarchy during Yasser Arafat's rule, was elected president of the Palestinian Authority by a landslide.
2015 - French security forces shot and killed two al-Qaida-linked brothers suspected of carrying out the rampage at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that had claimed 12 lives.
2020 - Chinese state media said a preliminary investigation into recent cases of viral pneumonia had identified the probable cause as a new type of coronavirus.
2022 - Seventeen people, including eight children, died after a fire sparked by a malfunctioning space heater filled a high-rise apartment building with smoke in the New York City borough of the Bronx; it was the city's deadliest blaze in three decades.
2023 - Constantine, the former and final king of Greece, died in Athens at age 82.
Birthdays
20 - Tyree Brown (actor)
26 - Kerris Dorsey (actress)
29 - Nicola Peltz (actress)
31 - Basil Eidenbenz (actor)
35 - Nina Dobrev (actress)
42 - Catherine (wife of Britain's Prince William)
46 - A.J. McLean (singer)
46 - Chad Johnson (football player)
50 - Omari Hardwick (actor)
51 - Angela Bettis (actress)
53 - Deon Cole (actor/comedian)
56 - Joey Lauren Adams (actress)
57 - Dave Matthews (singer)
57 - David Costabile (actor)
59 - Joely Richardson (actress)
59 - Muggsy Bogues (basketball player)
68 - Imelda Staunton (actress)
69 - J.K. Simmons (actor)
73 - Crystal Gayle (singer)
79 - John Doman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 9
1918 - The NHL announced a new rule that permitted goaltenders to leave their feet while making a save. Previously a penalty was called if a goalie sat or lay on the ice to stop the puck.
1930 - The Boston Bruins set an NHL record with 14 straight wins.
1962 - The NFL banned the grabbing of face masks.
1967 - The NFL's expansion franchise in New Orleans selects the nickname "Saints."
1972 - The Los Angeles Lakers record 33-game winning streak came to an end with a 120-104 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
1977 - The Oakland Raiders defeat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 to win Super Bowl XI.
1979 - The Boston Bruins retire Bobby Orr's #4.
1981 - Hockey Hall of Famer, Phil Esposito, announced that he would retire as a hockey player after the New York Rangers-Buffalo Sabres hockey game.
1989 - Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1990 - Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 - A special committee of Major League Baseball authorities officially banned Pete Rose from being elected into the Hall of Fame.
1991 - North Carolina men's basketball coach Dean Smith becomes the seventh in NCAA history to win 700 games.
1998 - The "Hockey News" magazine selected Wayne Gretzky as the best NHL player ever.
2000 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino plays in his final career game, a 20-17 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
2004 - Brian Boucher (Phoenix Coyotes) set a new NHL record with his fifth consecutive shutout. The total time of the streak was 325 minutes and 45 seconds.
2005 - Randy Moss (Minnesota Vikings) pretended to pull down his pants and moon the Green Bay Packer crowd during a playoff win. On January 13 the NFL fined Moss $10,000 for the act.
2012 - Alabama defeats LSU 21-0 to win the BCS National Championship Game.
2017 - Clemson defeats Alabama 35-31 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
2023 - Georgia routs TCU 65-7 to win the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
