Today in History - History - January 9th

200733rd People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Jennifer Aniston win (Movie Star) and Patrick Dempsey & Eva Longoria win (TV)

1947Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the black dahlia, is last seen alive.

1570Tsar Ivan the Terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod

1942Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

200531st People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Julia Roberts win (Motion Picture) and Matt LeBlanc & Marg Helgenberger win (TV)

2000Dan Marino wins his last career NFL game (20-17 vs Seattle)

1958In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54

1799British Prime Minister William Pitt introduces income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon.

1976Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot

200229th American Music Award: Janet Jackson & Lenny Kravitz win

1913Richard Nixon, Yorba Linda, California, 37th President (R) of the United States (1969-74)

1935Bob Denver, New Rochelle, New York, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island)

1967Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band)

1982Kate Middleton, Reading, England, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William

1923Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand short story writer (Dove's Nest), dies of tuberculosis at 34

1878Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61) and Italy (1861-78), dies at 57