This day in History - January 9

389 Historic Events for January 9
1996 Death Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45
1996 Event First episode of "Third Rock from the Sun" screened on NBC
1997 Death Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies
1997 Death Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90
1997 Event Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
1998 Death Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79
1998 Death Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93
1998 Event Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
1998 Event Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
1998 Event Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hrs 8 mins
1998 Event Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
1998 Event Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
2001 Event ABC-TV deputs "The Mole" for the first time
2002 Event Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the Century award at the American music awards