February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
Day of death January 9, 1957
The temperature on January 9, 1957 was between 6.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
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