Born on 9 January 1983

At A Glance

9 January 1983 at a glance

Day of the week

9 January 1983 was a Sunday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “You Can't Hurry Love” by Phil Collins.

Top Film of 1983

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1983 was Return of the Jedi.

Star sign

The star sign for 9 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 9 January 1983 fell in the Year of the Dog.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 9 January 1983 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 9 January

• 1962 Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.
• 1964 Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• 1991 Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
• 1992 The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
• 1992 The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.

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)

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