This Day in History
09 Jan 1349
700 Jews of Basel Switzerland burned alive in their houses
09 Jan 1522
Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
09 Jan 1558
Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton Switzerland
09 Jan 1760
Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat
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Nelson buried at St. Paul’s Cathedral
Lord Horatio Nelson the British naval hero credited with saving Britain from an invasion by France is buried at St. Pauls Cathedral in London.Napoleon...
Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
In Hong Kong harbor a fire breaks out aboard the Queen Elizabeth and by the next morning the famous vessel lies in a wreck on the bottom of the sea floor.The ...
First modern circus is staged
On this day Englishman Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London.Trick riders acrobats clowns trained animals and other familiar components of...
Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids
On this day in 1493 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sailing near the Dominican Republic sees three mermaidsin reality manatees...
United States invades Luzon in Philippines
On this day Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the American 6th Army land on the Lingayen Gulf of Luzon another step in the capture of the Philippine Islands from the...
U.S. officials try to counter claims of Saigon corruption
The Agency for International Development (AID) attempts to respond to reports in the American media of widespread corruption and thievery of commodities sent to...
Support is pledged to civilian government
Under pressure from United States officials Gen. Nguyen Khanh and the newly formed Armed Forces Councilgenerals who participated in the bloodless coup ...
Laker winning streak comes to an end
On January 9 1972 the 24-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads the Milwaukee Bucks in a 120-104 victory over Wilt Chamberlain and the Los Angeles Lakers breakin...
Richard M. Nixon is born
Richard Milhous Nixon 37th president of the United States is born on this day in California. The son of Quaker parents Nixon grew up in the southern Californ...
Record cold and snow decimates cattle herds
On one of the worst days of the worst winter in the West nearly an inch of snow falls every hour for 16 hours impeding the ability of already st...
Pop luminaries gather at the U.N. for the Music for UNICEF concert
In an effort to call attention to the poverty malnutrition and lack of access to quality education affecting millions of children throughout the developing wor...
Virginia Woolf buys a house in Bloomsbury
On this day in 1924 Virginia Woolf and her husband buy a house at 52 Tavistock Square in the Bloomsbury district of London near the British Museum. Woolf had ...
Stallone starts filming Rocky
The classic rags-to-riches story got a macho spin in the Oscar-winning Rocky which was written by its star Sylvester Stallone and began filming on this day i...
Fire breaks out on Queen Elizabeth
On this day in 1972 the ship Seawise University (formerly the RMS Queen Elizabeth) sinks in Hong Kong Harbor despite a massive firefighting effort over two da...
The Hillside Stranglers
Angelo Buono one of the Hillside Stranglers is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the rape torture and murder of 10 young women in Los Angeles. Buo...
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