Steve Jobs Unveils the iPhone and Reinvents the Phone
On January 9, 2007, at Macworld in San Francisco, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone — an iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator in one touchscreen device that reshaped modern life.
On January 9
America's First Flight: Blanchard's Balloon Rises Over Philadelphia
On January 9, 1793, Jean-Pierre Blanchard rose from a Philadelphia prison yard in a hydrogen balloon — the first manned flight in America, watched by George Washington.
Columbus Sees 'Mermaids' — and Finds Manatees Instead
On January 9, 1493, Christopher Columbus recorded three 'mermaids' he had seen off Hispaniola the day before — manatees, and decidedly 'not half as beautiful as they are painted.'