Today is Monday, January 9, the ninth day of 2012. There are 357 days left in the year.
1570 ― Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1,000-2,000 residents of Novgorod
1799 ― Income Tax introduced in U.K.
1811 ― First Women's Golf Tournament held
1945 ― U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines
1953 ― Korean ferryboat ``Changgyeong-ho" sank off Pusan, killing 249
1959 ― ``Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
1969 ― Concorde jetliner's first test flight (Bristol England)
1977 ― ``Porgy & Bess" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 122 performances
1987 ― Chinese-Vietnamese border fights, 1,500 killed
1998 ― Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned