On This Day:
Thursday January 9, 2014 This is the 9th day of the year, with 356 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Jack Russell terriers The Jack Russell terrier is a type of dog that was bred for hunting. The breed is named after the Reverend John (Parson Jack) Russell (1795-1883) who first bred such a dog in the mid-1800s. Rev. Russell was an avid fox hunter and breeder of fox-hunting dogs. The first Jack Russell terrier went by the name "Trump."
Holidays Feast day of Saints Julian and Basilissa, St. Berhtwald of Canterbury, St. Peter of Sebastea, St. Waningus or Vaneng, and St. Marciana of Rusuccur.
Panama: Martyrs' Day.
Philippines: Feast of the Black Nazarene.
Events 1719 - Philip V of Spain declared war on France.
1768 - Englishman Philip Astley staged the first modern circus, in London.
1788 - Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America.
1793 - Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard made the first manned free-balloon flight in America, at Philadelphia, watched by President George Washington.
1799 - British prime minister William Pitt the Younger introduced income tax, at two shillings (10p) in the pound, to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.
1861 - Mississippi seceded from the Union.
1951 - The United Nations headquarters opened in New York City.
1972 - In Hong Kong harbor, the Queen Elizabeth passenger line was destroyed by fire.
Births 1890 - Karel Capek, Czech writer and playwright.
1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and critic.
1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon, first American president to resign from office (following his involvement in the Watergate scandal).
1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee (Rose Hovick), American actress, dancer, stripper.
1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist.
Deaths 1873 - Napoleon III, French emperor.
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