Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 9

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 * 1857 – An earthquake registering 7.9 Mw ruptured part of the San Andreas Fault in central and southern California.
 * 1970 – The Presidential Council for Minority Rights, an appointed body to review legislation and prevent discrimination against minorities, was created in Singapore.
 * 1972 – Seawise University, formerly RMS Queen Elizabeth, an ocean liner that sailed the Atlantic for Cunard Line, caught fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
 * 1978 – Iranian Revolution: Protests took place in Qom after an article insulting Ruhollah Khomeini was published.
 * 1981 – U.S. representative Raymond Lederer was convicted of bribery and conspiracy for his role in the Abscam scandal, but continued to serve his term for three more months.
 * 1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq met at the Geneva Peace Conference to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
 * 1992 – Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two pulsar planets orbiting PSR B1257+12 (depicted), the first confirmed detection of exoplanets.
 * 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launched raids in the city of Kizlyar, Dagestan, which turned into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
 * 2015 – Contaminated beer served at a funeral in Tete Province, Mozambique, killed 75 people and made at least 230 others ill.
 * Born/died: | Demetrios Chalkokondyles |d|1511| William Dugard |b|1606| Caleb Strong |b|1745|  Laure Conan |b|1845 Samuel Gridley Howe |d|1876 | John B. Watson |b|1878 | Joseph Parker |b|1992| Makinti Napanangka |d|2011|Brigitte Askonas |d|2013