January 9th (2005) was a Sunday. It's the 8th day of the year (9th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 357 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 9th January, 2005
» Mahmoud Abbas wins the Palestinian presidential election, 2005 e.g election to replace Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority. He replaces interim president Rawhi Fattouh.