9 Jan 1943
- USS Gar reported hitting a Japanese ship with two of three torpedoes fired, causing damage. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
- Douglas MacArthur arrived at Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]
- George Kenney arrived at Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [George Kenney | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]
- USS New Mexico departed Suva, Fiji to escort carriers which were sailing toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Suva | CPC]
- In the early afternoon, Czech prisoner Georg Zahradka or Zacharatka escaped from Auschwitz I concentration camp, but was captured by midnight near watchtower 26. He was executed on 14 Jan 1943. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- German SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler visited Warsaw, Poland, and ordered that 8,000 Jewish inhabitants be deported from the ghetto. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | Warsaw | CPC]
- Commandeered for USAAF service as the C-69, the Lockheed Model L-049 Constellation aircraft made its first flight from Burbank, California, United States to nearby Muroc Army Air Field. ww2dbase [C-69 Constellation | Burbank Lockheed Aircraft Factory | Burbank, California | AC]
- Submarine Seahorse was launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, sponsored by the wife of Chester C. Smith. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Seahorse | Vallejo, California | CPC]

9 Jan 1943 Interactive Map
Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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