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2007

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.

2002

Michael Jackson is named Artist of the Century at the American Music Awards.

1991

Major League Baseball bans Pete Rose, who will be ineligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1981

Phil Esposito of the New York Rangers announces his retirement from hockey. He will go on to become coach and general manager of the NHL’s New York Rangers.

1979

Bobby Orr’s No. 4 jersey is retired by the Boston Bruins.

1972

The Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong.

1969

The Concorde supersonic jet makes its maiden flight in Bristol.

1960

Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.

1927

A fire at the Laurier Palace, a theater in Montreal, claims the lives of 78 children.

1811

The very first women’s golf tournament is held at the Musselburgh Golf Club in Scotland.

It happened on… January 9

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