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1493 : Christopher Columbus saw mermaids On January 9, 1493, Christopher Columbus sailing off the coast of the Dominican Republic saw mermaids. He did not find them very attractive. It must be said that they were in fact manatees.
1960 : Aswan Dam Construction of the Aswan Dam began : President Nasser detonated 10 tons of dynamite.
1972 : Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire The RMS Queen Elizabeth sinks in Hong Kong harbor after being ravaged by fire.
2005 : Mahmoud Abbas Former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas won the presidential election on January 9, 2005.

Colette, femme de lettres française
The trip is necessary only for short imaginations.

Meishō, Emperatriz de Japón (1624)
Vladimir Steklov, Matemático ruso (1864)
Richard Halliburton, Aventurero estadounidense (1900)
Simone de Beauvoir, Escritora francesa (1908)
Richard Nixon, El presidente 37 de Estados Unidos (1913)
Fernando Lamas, Actor (1915)
Har Gobind Khorana, Bioquímico indio, Premio Nobel de Medicina (1922)
Lee Van Cleef, Actor (1925)
Judith Krantz, Novelista estadounidense (1928)
Wilbur Smith, Escritor (1933)
Susannah York, Actriz inglesa (1939)
Joan Baez, Cantante americana (1941)
Lee Kun-hee, Industrial de Corea, presidente de Samsung (1942)
Jimmy Page, Músico inglés (Led Zeppelin) (1944)
J. K. Simmons, Actor (1955)
Bibie, Cantante (1957)
Rigoberta Menchú, Premio Nobel de la Paz (1959)
Lara Fabian, Cantante belga (1970)
Sean Paul, Músico (1973)
Kate Middleton, Esposa del príncipe Guillermo, duquesa de Cambridge (1982)

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Presidente de la República Francesa entonces emperador (1873)
Katherine Mansfield, Escritor (1923)
John Gilbert, Actor (1936)
Pierre Fresnay, Actor (1975)
Souphanouvong, Presidente de Laos (1995)
Kenichi Fukui, Químico (1998)