On January 9th in History
Part V
Part V
On January 9th in 1967 - NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
On January 9th in 1979 - Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) PA law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses
On January 9th in 1982 - 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
On January 9th in 1990 - US Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses
On January 9th in 1991 - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
On January 9th in 1991 - U.S. secretary of state Baker and Iraqi foreign minister Aziz met for 61/2 hours in Geneva, but failed to reach any agreement that would forestall war in the Persian Gulf.
On January 9th in 2001 - Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing digital music and videos.
On January 9th in 2002 - The U.S. Justice Department announced that it was pursuing a criminal investigation of Enron Corp. The company had filed for bankruptcy on December 2, 2001.
On January 9th in 2007 - Apple Inc CEO, Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
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