On this day

January 9, 1944

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 ร— 1920 PNG ยท created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from January 9, 1944

PRESIDENT OFFERS RAIL WAGE TERMS TO BALKING UNIONS; Would Give 3 Refusing Arbitration Increases Awarded to Trainmen and Engineers BUT HE NAMES CONDITIONS Tells Stimson Strike Order Must Be Canceled and Agreement Signed With Carriers PRESIDENT OFFERS RAIL WAGE TERMS

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

Roosevelt in lr to Sec Stimson offers 3 holdout unions same wage adjustment awarded by arbitration to trainmen and engineers, on condition they sign similar agreement with carriers and cancel postponed strike order

None0 words

RUTH GORDON'S COMEDY

By Lewis Nichols

EVEN its best friends will not be able to say the theatre season to date has been filled with humor. Not that the plays haven't tried their best, for there have been at least an average number of comedies, but humor is something special and most of them have fallen down rather suddenly.

None0 words

Notable Births

Harun Farocki

1944Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (died 2014)[โ€ ]

Harun Farocki was a German filmmaker, author, and lecturer in film.

Jimmy Page

1944Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer[โ€ ]

James Patrick Page is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

1944Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor[โ€ ]

Michalis Kyriakou, known by his stage-name Michalis Violaris, is a singer and composer of modern Greek and Cypriot music.