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Historical Events
on January 9th
- Lead Story
- Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids,1493
- American Revolution
- Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense,1776
- Automotive
- Bond movie features Aston Martin,1965
- Civil War
- Mississippi secedes,1861
- "Star of the West" is fired upon,1861
- Cold War
- Truman warns of Cold War dangers,1952
- Crime
- The Hillside Stranglers,1984
- Disaster
- Fire breaks out on Queen Elizabeth,1972
- General Interest
- First modern circus is staged,1768
- Nelson buried at St. Paul's Cathedral,1806
- Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire,1972
- Hollywood
- Stallone starts filming Rocky,1976
- Literary
- Virginia Woolf buys a house in Bloomsbury,1924
- Music
- Pop luminaries gather at the U.N. for the Music for UNICEF concert,1979
- Old West
- Record cold and snow decimates cattle herds,1887
- Presidential
- Richard M. Nixon is born,1913
- Sports
- Laker winning streak comes to an end,1972
- Vietnam War
- Support is pledged to civilian government,1965
- U.S. officials try to counter claims of Saigon corruption,1967
- World War I
- Battle of Khadairi Bend begins,1917
- World War II
- United States invades Luzon in Philippines,1945
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