WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2013

Today is Wednesday, January 9, the ninth day of 2013. There are 356 days left in the year.

1349 ― 700 Jews of Basel, Switzerland, burned alive in their houses

1570 ― Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1,000-2,000 residents of Novgorod

1945 ― U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines

1953 ― Korean ferryboat ``Changkyeong-Ho” sank off Pusan killing 249

1956 ― Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column first appears in newspapers

1965 ― ``Beatles' '65” album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for nine weeks

1977 ― ``Porgy & Bess” closes at Uris Theater New York City, N.Y., after 122 performances

1998 ― Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record three hours and eight minutes

1998 ― Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned

1998 ― Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever