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9 January 2022 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 January 2022 was a Sunday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey.
- Top Film of 2022
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2022
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2022 was the Toyota HiLux.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 9 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 January 2022 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 January 2022 was First Quarter.
On this day: 9 January
- 1992 The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
- 2005 Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
- 2005 The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
- 2007 Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
- 2017 Mont-Libre Agile Learning Centre, the province of Quebec's first alternative schooling democratic learning centre to support homeschooled youth, opens in the city of Montreal.
Famous people born on 9 January
- Joely Richardson, English actress (born 1965)
- Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (1913–1994)
- J. K. Simmons, American actor (born 1955)
- Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress (born 1989)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2022 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 6 February – Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Australia. Buildings and monuments across Australia were lit in royal purple to mark the start of the Platinum Jubilee year.
- 19 March – The 2022 South Australian state election results in defeat for Steven Marshall's Liberal government, and Labor leader Peter Malinauskas claims victory.
- 21 May – The 2022 Australian federal election takes place.
Life in Australia in 2022
Prime Minister
Scott Morrison
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.85
Loaf of Bread
$4.10
Average House
$800,000
Weekly Wage
$1,840.00
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