HISTORY
9 January 2025: This day in history

1431: Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government

1760: Afghans defeat the Indian Maratha Empire in the Battle of Barari Ghat

1839: Louis Daguerre demonstrates his ‘daguerreotype’ photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences

1909: Ernest Shackleton, as part of the British Nimrod Expedition, reaches a record farthest southern latitude of 88°23′ south

1941: 6,000 Jews are murdered in a pogrom in Bucharest, Romania

2007: Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone

Source: Onthisday.com

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