TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024

1799-Income Tax introduced in U.K.

1848-First commercial bank in San Francisco established

1857-7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon, CA

1912-U.S. marines invade Honduras

1936-Semi-automatic rifles adopted by U.S. army

1942-U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff created

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

1957-Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"

1963-Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"

1964-Anti-U.S. rioting breaks out in the Panamá Canal Zone

1970-Constitution of Singapore enacted

1973-Luna 21 launched, to Moon

1976 -Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK

1980-63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

1984-John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me" is released

1987-Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1,500 killed

1990-64th U.S. manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit

1991-Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1994-14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000

1998-Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever