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Subject: Today In History Jan 9
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:41:52 EST


Jan 9, 1431 - Trial of Joan of Arc began in Rouen, the seat of the English
occupation government.
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Jan 9, 1768 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London).
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Jan 9, 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States.
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Jan 9, 793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in
the United States.
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Jan 9, 1806 - Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson is buried in St. Paul's
Cathedral.
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Jan 9, 1839 - The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype
photography process.
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Jan 9, 1317 Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France
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Jan 9, 1349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
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Jan 9, 1493 1st sight of manatees (by Christopher Columbus)
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Jan 9, 1570 Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod
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Jan 9, 1799 Income Tax introduced in UK
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Jan 9, 1811 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
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Jan 9, 1569 St. Philip of Moscow, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church,
was murdered by Czar Ivan IV ("Ivan the Terrible").
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Jan 9, 1777 Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his
journal: 'My soul lives constantly as in the presence of God, and enjoys much
of His divine favor. His love is better than life!'
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Jan 9, 1836 The first Roman Catholic college to be founded in the Deep
South, Spring Hill College was established in Spring Hill, Arkansas.
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Jan 9, 1626, Peter Minuit sets sail from Amsterdam to Manhattan, which he
later purchased from the Indians
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Jan 9, 1789: The treaty with 6 different nations, which is signed today,
refers back to the treaty signed on January 21, 1785. Two Indians will be held
as hostages until prisoners held by the Indians are returned. New tribal
boundary lines will be established. The Indians will be able to hunt in the lands
which are ceded in this treaty, if they do so peacefully. The governor of the
Northwest Territory must issue all trade licenses for trade with the
Indians. No U.S. citizens will be allowed to live on Indian lands, without the
Indians approval. Lands set aside for trading posts in the earlier treaty are
confirmed. Signed by 28 Indians, and General Arthur St.Claire at Fort Harmar,
near present day Marietta, Ohio.
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Jan 9, 1843: Today, all of Pascofa's APALACHICOLA "SEMINOLEs" (they were
really CREEKs who had fled the creek wars and joined the SEMINOLEs) will
surrender to Col.Ethan Hitchcock. This will bring an end to this seminole war. The
group will include a total of 50 people.






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