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December 9
December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining.
Events
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1793 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster
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1824 - Battle of Ayacucho - Peru defeats Spain
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1835 - The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio
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1851 - First YMCA in North America established in Montreal, Quebec
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1861 - Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created by the U.S. Congress
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1872 - P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African American governor of a U.S. state
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1888 - Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department
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1897 - Marguerite Durand, a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette, founded the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde.
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1905 - Law seperating church and state passed in France
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1931 - Spain becomes a republic
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1937 - Battle of Nanjing begins.
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1940 - British Army attacks Italian forces in North Africa
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1941 - China declares war on Japan, Germany, and Italy.
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1946 - Doctors' Trial: The trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity began for medical researchers involved in the horrors of Nazi human experimentation .
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1950 - Harry Gold sentenced to thirty years in jail for stealing United States nuclear weapon secrets for the Soviet Union
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1953 - General Electric announces that all Communist employees will be discharged from the company
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1958 - John Birch Society founded.
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1960 - Coronation Street first airs on televisions across the United Kingdom.
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1961 - Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
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1962 - Tanganyika becomes a republic
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1982 - Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.
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1987 - First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
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1990 - Lech Wałęsa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.
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1991 - Recognizing Iraq as the aggressor of Iraq–Iran war
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1992 - Separation of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is announced
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1992 - US Marines land in Somalia
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2001 - Professional wrestler Chris Jericho unifies top titles WWE Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship for the first time ever in San Diego, California at the WWE Vengeance pay-per-view.
Births
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1165 - King Malcolm IV of Scotland
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1594 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
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1608 - John Milton, English poet, writer (d. 1674)
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1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921)
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1868 - Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel prize winner in 1918.
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1871 - Joe Kelley, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1943)
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1876 - Berton Churchill, pioneer Hollywood actor (d. 1940)
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1878 - Grand Duke Michael Romanov , Russian royalty (d. 1918)
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1882 - Joaquín Turina, composer (d. 1949)
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1885 - Grete Wiesenthal , dancer and choreographer (d. 1970)
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1886 - Clarence Birdseye, frozen food pioneer (d. 1956)
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1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner
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1897 - Hermione Gingold, actress (d. 1987)
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1898 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (d. 1979)
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1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, author (d. 1937)
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1901 - Ödön von Horváth, dramatist and narrator (d. 1938)
- 1901 - Jean Mermoz, French aviator.
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1902 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (d. 1985)
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1905 - Dalton Trumbo, writer, member of the "Hollywood Ten" (d. 1976)
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1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, computer pioneer (d. 1992)
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1909 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., actor (d. 2000)
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1911 - Lee J. Cobb, actor
- 1911 - Broderick Crawford, actor (d. 1986)
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1912 - Tip O'Neill, former speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
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1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, opera singer
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1916 - Kirk Douglas, actor and film producer
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1922 - Redd Foxx, comedian, actor (d. 1991)
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1926 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech emigre writer (d. 1995)
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1927 - Pierre Henry , composer
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1928 - Dick Van Patten, actor
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1929 - John Cassavetes, actor and film director (d. 1989)
- 1929 - Bob Hawke, twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia
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1930 - Buck Henry, actor, comedian, writer, director, producer
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1933 - Morton Downey Jr., talk show host (d. 2001)
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1934 - Dame Judi Dench actress
- 1934 - Junior Wells, musician (d. 1998)
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1938 - Deacon Jones, American football star
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1941 - Beau Bridges, actor
- 1941 - Dan Hicks, musician
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1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player
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1943 - Rick Danko, musician (The Band) (d. 1999)
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1946 - Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician and president of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party).
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1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician
- 1947 - Steve Owens, football player
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1950 - Joan Armatrading, singer
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1951 - Dominique Dropsy , French soccer player
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1952 - Michael Dorn, actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine)
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1953 - John Malkovich, actor
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1957 - Donny Osmond, entertainer
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1962 - Felicity Huffman, actress (Magnolia, Sports Night, Desperate Housewives)
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1964 - Paul Landers, guitarist for Rammstein
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1967 - Joshua Bell, violinist
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1968 - Kurt Angle, Olympic gold medalist in amateur wrestling, now WWE professional wrestler
- 1968 - Dave Harold, English snooker player
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1969 - Jakob Dylan, musician
- 1969 - Bixente Lizarazu, French soccer player, world champion in 1998.
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1972 - Tre Cool, musician (Green Day)
- 1972 - Fabrice Santoro , French tennis player.
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1981 - Diya Mirza, Indian actress.
Deaths
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1565 - Pope Pius IV
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1669 - Pope Clement IX
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1930 - Andrew "Rube" Foster, pioneer of Negro League baseball
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1937 - Nils Gustaf Dalén, engineer, physicist
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1964 - Dame Edith Sitwell, poet
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1965 - Branch Rickey, baseball commissioner
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1971 - Ralph Bunche, diplomat
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1972 - Louella Parsons, gossip columnist
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1995 - Toni Cade Bambara, author (b. 1939)
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1996 - Mary Leakey, archeologist, anthropologist
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1998 - Archie Moore, boxer
- 1998 - Shaughnessy Cohen
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2002 - Stan Rice, painter, educator, poet, husband of author Anne Rice
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2003 - Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois
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2004 - David Brudnoy, radio personality
- 2004 - Dimebag Darrell, musician
- 2004 - Lea De Mae, Czech pornographic actress
Holidays and observances
External links
December 8 - December 10 - November 9 - January 9 -- listing of all days
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