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