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Notable anniversaries in history for today: January 9
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Julián B Coco; Curaçao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony Orchestra).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Bart Starr; NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay Packers).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jimmy Page in London, England; rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Scott Engel; vocalist (Walker Brothers - "Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore").
- 70th: 1954 - -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record).
- 70th: 1954 - Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Lance Hoppens; rocker (Orleans - "Still the One", "Dance With Me").
- 70th: 1954 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan and Leonie Adams.
- 60th: 1964 - Anti-US rioting breaks out in the Panamá Canal Zone.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Stan Javier in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic; outfielder (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants).
- 60th: 1964 - Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about age 80.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Craig Wishart; cricket player (Zimbabwe Test batsman versus South Africa 1995).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Jamain Stephens; NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 40th: 1984 - First "Where's the beef?" TV ad for Wendy's restaurants airs, spoken by elderly actress Clara Peller.
- 40th: 1984 - Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at age 77.
- 40th: 1984 - TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes premieres on NBC TV.
- 40th: 1984 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Johnny Temple, baseball player (born 1927).
- 25th: 1999 - NBC airs the first episode of TV show Providence.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosophist (born 1909).
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