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January 9th
1431 ~ Trial of Joan of Arc began in Rouen.
1768 ~ Philip Astley staged the first modern circus in London.
1793 ~ Jean-Pierre Blanchard became the first to fly in a balloon in the United States.
1859 ~ Birthday of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, women's rights leader, founder of the League of Women Voters.
1882 ~ Oscar Wilde gave his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.
1890 ~ Birthday of Karel Čapek, Czech writer.
1903 ~ Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, became the second Governor-General of Australia
1951 ~ United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1960 ~ Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt.
2005 ~ Elections held to elect successor to Yasser Arafat.
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