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Historical Events on January 9

  • Joan of Arc

    1431

    Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.

  • Connecticut

    1788

    Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.

  • American Civil War

    1861

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

  • Mississippi

    1861

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

  • World War I

    1916

    World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.

  • Iraq

    1991

    Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

  • Apple Inc.

    2007

    Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.

  • Charlie Hebdo shooting

    2015

    The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.

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