Today in History- 9th January
Important events and information that happen today in the World and Indian
history. Today in History section will help you to enhance General Knowledge along with
knowledge in History.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1760 | Afghans defeat Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. |
| 1788 | Connecticut became the 5th state in the US. |
| 1793 | Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the US. |
| 1905 | The Russian Revolution of 1905 was sparked by troops firing on petitioners to Czar Nicholas in St. Petersburg. |
| 1915 | Mahtma Gandhi return back to India from South Africa. |
| 1968 | The last of America's unmanned lunar probes Surveyor 7 landed on the Moon. |
| 1982 | First Indian scientific team arrived in Antarctica. |
| 2005 | Rawhi Fattouh succeeded Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 2007 | Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrated the first iPhone. |
