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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_9" title="January 9">January 9</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_First_Coalition" title="War of the First Coalition">War of the First Coalition</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kehl_(1796%E2%80%931797)" title="Siege of Kehl (1796–1797)">siege of Kehl</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Duchy of Württemberg">Württembergian</a> forces ended when French troops withdrew from their fortifications.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: Troops of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> forces at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rafa" title="Battle of Rafa">Battle of Rafa</a></b> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> border in present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah" title="Rafah">Rafah</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></b> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> lost to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, ending a 33-game <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_streak" title="Winning streak">winning streak</a>, the longest in major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_the_United_States" title="Sports in the United States">American professional team sports</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_United_States" title="Central United States">Central</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern United States</a>, a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1975" title="Great Storm of 1975">Great Storm</a></b> formed the first of forty-five tornadoes over a three-day period.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – In poor weather conditions, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_277" title="Iran Air Flight 277">Iran Air Flight 277</a></b> crashed near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia_Shahid_Bakeri_International_Airport" title="Urmia Shahid Bakeri International Airport">Urmia Airport</a>, Iran, killing 78 of the 105 people on board.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._W._Robertson" title="T. W. Robertson">T. W. Robertson</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1829); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Chapman_Catt" title="Carrie Chapman Catt">Carrie Chapman Catt</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1859); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1974); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Jieqiong" title="Lei Jieqiong">Lei Jieqiong</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2011)</p>