January 9th (2008) was a Wednesday. 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.
January 9th Famous Deaths for 2008
» Johnny Grant (radio personality) called Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923)
» Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (b. 1977)
» John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (b. 1924)
January 9th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Adrian of Canterbury
» Metropolitan Philip or Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow
» Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))
» January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Black Nazarene named Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)