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9 January 2018 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 January 2018 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé.
- Top Film of 2018
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2018 was Avengers: Infinity War.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2018–19 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 9 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 January 2018 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 January 2018 was Last 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 January 9
- 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 2018 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2018 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 13 – The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency sends a false alarm warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack, causing widespread panic across the state.
- February 6 – SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon Heavy rocket from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center.
- February 16 – Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler, is released by Marvel Studios as the 18th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2018
President
Donald Trump
Gas (per gallon)
$2.72
Loaf of Bread
$2.20
Average House
$347,800
Weekly Wage
$898
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