Summary of the Day ✨ 9 January (09/01)
On this day, tragedy struck multiple locations as Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed in Indonesia killing all 62 aboard, while the Charlie Hebdo shooters were killed in a hostage standoff following their deadly attack in Paris. Additionally, a mass beer poisoning at a Mozambican funeral left 75 dead, a chemical plant explosion in Japan killed five, and Quebec opened its first democratic learning center for homeschooled youth in Montreal.
Historical Events 📜
- 2021: Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.
- 2017: Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre, the province of Quebec’s first alternative schooling democratic learning centre to support homeschooled youth, opens in the city of Montreal.
- 2015: The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.
- 2015: A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.
- 2014: An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
- 2011: Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people.
- 2007: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
- 2005: Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
- 2005: The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
- 2004: An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.
- 2003: TANS Perú Flight 222 crashes on approach to Chachapoyas Airport in Chachapoyas, Peru, killing 46 people.
- 1997: Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people.
- 1996: First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
- 1992: The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
- 1992: The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
Famous Births 👶
- 2006: Sarah Toscano, Italian singer-songwriter
- 2004: Souhardya De, Indian author and columnist
- 2003: Sangiovanni, Italian singer-songwriter
- 2001: Eric García, Spanish footballer
- 2001: Peter Mamouzelos, Australian rugby league player
- 2001: Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player
- 2000: Luka Šamanić, Croatian basketball player
- 1998: Kerris Dorsey, American actress
- 1998: Brent Rivera, American social media personality and actor
- 1996: Vítek Vaněček, Czech ice hockey player
- 1995: Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995: Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper
- 1995: Nicola Peltz, American actress
- 1994: Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player
- 1993: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Black Bart, American professional wrestler (born 1948)
- 2024: Rashid Khan, Indian classical musician (born 1968)
- 2023: Séamus Begley, Irish accordion player, fiddler and Irish traditional musician (born 1949)
- 2022: Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (born 1956)
- 2022: Maria Ewing, American opera singer (born 1950)
- 2021: John Reilly, American actor (born 1934)
- 2019: Verna Bloom, American actress (born 1938)
- 2019: Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (born 1944)
- 2018: Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (born 1994)
- 2017: Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (born 1925)
- 2016: John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (born 1938)
- 2016: Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (born 1926)
- 2015: Michel Jeury, French author (born 1934)
- 2015: Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (born 1946)
- 2015: Abdul Rahman Ya’kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (born 1928)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Adrian of Canterbury - Christian feast day:
Blessed Alix Le Clerc - Christian feast day:
Berhtwald - Christian feast day:
Blessed Giulia della Rena - Christian feast day:
Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines) - Christian feast day:
Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Stephen (old calendar Eastern Orthodox) - Christian feast day:
January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Start of Hōonkō (Nishi Honganji) January 9–16 (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)
- Martyrs’ Day (Panama)
- Non-Resident Indian Day (India)
- Day of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, result of 2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional in 2015)