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January 9

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2 sourced moments from January 9 in history: First manned balloon flight in the Americas (1793); and Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone (2007).

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2 things happened on January 9

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2007 Technology · Inventions

Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone

In one keynote, Apple folded a phone, an iPod, and the internet into a single slab of glass—and rewrote how the world communicates.

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1793 Technology · Transportation

First manned balloon flight in the Americas

A French aeronaut rose from a Philadelphia prison yard before a crowd led by President Washington—North America's first flight.

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