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Historical events & facts — January 9
What happened on January 9?
On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs presented the first iPhone at the Macworld conference in San Francisco, combining in a single device a phone, an iPod and an internet browser. Jobs described it as "a revolutionary and magical device". The iPhone transformed the phone and personal computing industry, and the concept of the modern smartphone was born that day on the Moscone Center stage.
On January 9, 1905, troops of Tsar Nicholas II fired on a peaceful demonstration of workers marching to the Winter Palace in St Petersburg to deliver a petition to the tsar. Hundreds of people were killed in what is known as "Bloody Sunday". The episode triggered the Revolution of 1905 and planted the seed of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
On January 9, 2005, the Sudan government and the southern rebel movement SPLA signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Nairobi, ending 22 years of civil war that had cost more than two million lives. The agreement included the right to a self-determination referendum for the south, held in 2011, which led to the independence of South Sudan.
Notable birthdays — January 9
Famous people born on January 9
Adolf Schlagintweit
Adolf von Schlagintweit was a German botanist and explorer of Central Asia. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British East India Company to study the Earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. They were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun Mountains and the first to explore the region between Karakoram and Kunlun.
Kurt Tucholsky
Kurt Tucholsky was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel.
Anita Louise
Anita Louise was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Marie Antoinette (1938), and The Little Princess (1939). She was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star.
Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller was a German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre.
Marko Veselica
Marko Veselica was a Croatian politician, economist and university professor.
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