Saturday, January 09, 2021

History for January 9

History for January 9 - On-This-Day.com
Richard Milhous Nixon (U.S.) 1913

  • 1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
  • 1929 - The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, TN. The company's purpose was to train dogs to guide the blind.
  • 1969 - The supersonic aeroplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol.
  • 1984 - Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's.
  • 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.
  • 2007 - Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s CEO, announced the first generation iPhone.

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