| Today in History: Monday, January 09, 2017 |
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AP Highlight in History:
On Jan. 9, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, Calif.
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| On this date in: |
| 1788 |
Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. |
| 1861 |
Mississippi seceded from the Union. |
| 1968 |
The Surveyor 7 space probe made a soft landing on the moon. It was the last of America’s unmanned explorations of the lunar surface. |
| 1972 |
Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes said a purported authorized biography of him by Clifford Irving was a fake. |
| 1987 |
The White House released a memorandum prepared for President Ronald Reagan in January 1986 that showed a definite link between U.S. arms sales to Iran and the release of American hostages in Lebanon. |
| 2001 |
Apple Computer Inc. introduced its iTunes music management software at the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. |
| 2005 |
Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a landslide. |
| 2006 |
“The Phantom of the Opera” became the longest-running show in Broadway history, surpassing “Cats,” which ran for 7,485 performances. |
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| 2007 |
Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone. |
| 2009 |
The Illinois House voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (The Democratic governor was removed from office by the state Senate later in the month.) |
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| Today’s Birthdays: |
| Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Britain’s Prince William, turns 35 years old today. |
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| Name |
Profession |
Age |
| Judith Krantz |
Author |
89 |
| Bart Starr |
Football Hall of Famer |
83 |
| Dick Enberg |
Sportscaster |
82 |
| Joan Baez |
Folk singer |
76 |
| Jimmy Page |
Rock musician (Led Zeppelin) |
73 |
| David Johansen |
Rock singer (New York Dolls, “Buster Poindexter”) |
67 |
| Crystal Gayle |
Country singer |
66 |
| Imelda Staunton |
Actress |
61 |
| Joely Richardson |
Actress |
52 |
| A.J. Mclean |
Singer (Backstreet Boys) |
39 |
| Actor J.K. Simmons turns 62 years old today. |
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