What happened On This Day in History?!
Gunners & Ali - On This Day
Tuesday, 9 January 2024 - 3 minutes
On This Day...
- Phar Lap (his mounted hide) went on display at Melbourne's museum in 1933.
- United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City in 1951.
- Bill Haley & the //comets' Rock Around The Clock became the first rock 'n roll 45 rpm to be released in Australia in 1955.
- The Queen Elizabeth ocean liner caught fire and sank in Hong Kong harbour in 1972.
- Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco in 2001.
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone at the Macworld Convention in 2007.
- Bob Shearer, Australian golfer and golf course architect, died aged 72 in 2022.
- And Prince Harry released his controversial memoir titled Spare in 2023.
Source: Random House Group
