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On this day: January 9

Published On: Jan 08 2013 12:21:59 PM CST   Updated On: Jan 09 2013 01:00:00 AM CST

The Beatles jump up the charts, Howard Hughes exposes his fake biographer, "The Phantom of the Opera" passes "Cats," and Apple introduces iTunes and the iPhone, years apart, all on this day.

OTD January 9 - Mahmoud Abbas
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2005: Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to replace Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian National Authority. He replaces interim president Rawhi Fattouh, who had taken over temporarily after Arafat died in November 2004 until the election could be held.

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