This day in #history 0914
JANUARY 9TH
1558 – Geneva becomes independent from Berne
canton, Switzerland
2001 – Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld
Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing
digital music and videos. Now widely used by
Windows and Mac users.
2002 – Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the
Century award at the American music awards
2005 – The signing of the Comprehensive Peace
Agreement, commonly known as the Naivasha
Agreement between the Government of Sudan and
the Sudan People ‘s Liberation Movement rebel
group in Naivasha , Kenya.
2005 – Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat
as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization .
He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh .
2007 – Apple Inc CEO, Steve Jobs announces the
iPhone.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1913 – Richard Nixon, Yorba Linda , California , 37th President (R ) of the United States ( 1969- 74)
1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea
(d . 1984 )
1982 – Kate Middleton, Reading, England, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William
FAMOUS DEATHS
2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist
and nobel laureate, dies at 93
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