
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, New York'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, Texas *1851 - First YMCA in North America established in Montreal, Quebec *1856 - Bushehr surrenders to the British. *1861 - Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created by the Congress of the United States *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 France stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette, founded the feminist daily newspaper, ''La Fronde''. *1905 - 1905 law on secularity passed in France *1931 - Spain becomes a Spanish Republic *1937 - Battle of Nanjing begins. *1940 - British Army attacks Italy forces in North Africa *1941 - Republic of China declares war on Japan, Germany, and Italy. *1945 - American General George S. Patton is injured in an automobile crash in occupied Germany. He died twelve days later. *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 Walesa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland. *1991 - Recognizing Iraq as the aggressor of Iraq–Iran war *1992 - Separation of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is announced *1992 - United States Marine Corps 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, California at the WWE Vengeance pay-per-view. ==Births== *1165 - King Malcolm IV of Scotland *1594 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632) *1608 - John Milton, English poet, writer (d. 1674) *1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921) *1850 - Emma Abbott, American opera singer (d. 1891) *1868 - Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934) *1871 - Joe Kelley, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1943) *1876 - Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940) *1878 - Grand Duke Michael Romanov (d. 1918) *1882 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949) *1885 - Grete Wiesenthal, dancer and choreographer (d. 1970) *1886 - Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food pioneer (d. 1956) *1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner *1897 - Hermione Gingold, actress (d. 1987) *1898 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (d. 1979) *1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, author (d. 1937) *1901 - Odon von Horvath, writer (d. 1938) * 1901 - Jean Mermoz, French aviator *1902 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (d. 1985) *1905 - Dalton Trumbo, writer (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, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994) *1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German soprano *1916 - Kirk Douglas, actor and film producer *1922 - Redd Foxx, comedian and actor (d. 1991) *1926 - Jan Kresadlo, Czech writer (d. 1995) *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, and 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 player *1941 - Beau Bridges, actor * 1941 - Dan Hicks (singer), musician *1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player *1943 - Rick Danko, musician (The Band) (d. 1999) *1946 - Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician *1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician * 1947 - Steve Owens, football player *1950 - Joan Armatrading, singer *1951 - Dominique Dropsy, French footballer *1952 - Michael Dorn, actor *1953 - John Malkovich, actor *1957 - Donny Osmond, entertainer *1962 - Felicity Huffman, actress *1964 - Paul Landers, guitarist (Rammstein) *1967 - Joshua Bell, violinist *1968 - Kurt Angle, amateur and professional wrestler * 1968 - Dave Harold, English snooker player *1969 - Jakob Dylan, musician * 1969 - Bixente Lizarazu, France soccer player, world champion in 1998. *1972 - Tre Cool, musician (Green Day) * 1972 - Fabrice Santoro, French tennis playe *1981 - Diya Mirza, Indian actress. *1982 - Vinnie Accardi, singer and guitarist (Brand New) ==Deaths== *1565 - Pope Pius IV *1669 - Pope Clement IX *1930 - 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, boxing *1998 - Shaughnessy Cohen *2002 - Stan Rice, painter, educator, poet, husband of author Anne Rice *2003 - Paul Simon (politician), United States Senate from Illinois *2004 - David Brudnoy, radio personality *2004 - Dimebag Darrell, musician *2004 - Lea De Mae, Czech pornographic actress ==Holidays and observances== * 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. * Tanzania - Independence Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/9 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 8 - December 10 - November 9 - January 9 -- historical anniversaries ka:9 დეკემბერი la:9 Decembris simple:December 9
--User:Maveric149 00:56, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 9 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 9 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_9_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Moved birth from article: *1962 - Marcus Vasconcellos, engineer Vanity. User:Lupo 11:09, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) == Anna's Day? == Can anyone verify Anna's Day? Seems kind of fishy. User:DenisMoskowitz 17:05, 2004 Dec 8 (UTC)
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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, New York'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, Texas *1851 - First YMCA in North America established in Montreal, Quebec *1856 - Bushehr surrenders to the British. *1861 - Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created by the Congress of the United States *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 France stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette, founded the feminist daily newspaper, ''La Fronde''. *1905 - 1905 law on secularity passed in France *1931 - Spain becomes a Spanish Republic *1937 - Battle of Nanjing begins. *1940 - British Army attacks Italy forces in North Africa *1941 - Republic of China declares war on Japan, Germany, and Italy. *1945 - American General George S. Patton is injured in an automobile crash in occupied Germany. He died twelve days later. *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 Walesa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland. *1991 - Recognizing Iraq as the aggressor of Iraq–Iran war *1992 - Separation of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is announced *1992 - United States Marine Corps 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, California at the WWE Vengeance pay-per-view. ==Births== *1165 - King Malcolm IV of Scotland *1594 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632) *1608 - John Milton, English poet, writer (d. 1674) *1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921) *1850 - Emma Abbott, American opera singer (d. 1891) *1868 - Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934) *1871 - Joe Kelley, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1943) *1876 - Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940) *1878 - Grand Duke Michael Romanov (d. 1918) *1882 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949) *1885 - Grete Wiesenthal, dancer and choreographer (d. 1970) *1886 - Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food pioneer (d. 1956) *1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner *1897 - Hermione Gingold, actress (d. 1987) *1898 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (d. 1979) *1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, author (d. 1937) *1901 - Odon von Horvath, writer (d. 1938) * 1901 - Jean Mermoz, French aviator *1902 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (d. 1985) *1905 - Dalton Trumbo, writer (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, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994) *1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German soprano *1916 - Kirk Douglas, actor and film producer *1922 - Redd Foxx, comedian and actor (d. 1991) *1926 - Jan Kresadlo, Czech writer (d. 1995) *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, and 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 player *1941 - Beau Bridges, actor * 1941 - Dan Hicks (singer), musician *1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player *1943 - Rick Danko, musician (The Band) (d. 1999) *1946 - Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician *1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician * 1947 - Steve Owens, football player *1950 - Joan Armatrading, singer *1951 - Dominique Dropsy, French footballer *1952 - Michael Dorn, actor *1953 - John Malkovich, actor *1957 - Donny Osmond, entertainer *1962 - Felicity Huffman, actress *1964 - Paul Landers, guitarist (Rammstein) *1967 - Joshua Bell, violinist *1968 - Kurt Angle, amateur and professional wrestler * 1968 - Dave Harold, English snooker player *1969 - Jakob Dylan, musician * 1969 - Bixente Lizarazu, France soccer player, world champion in 1998. *1972 - Tre Cool, musician (Green Day) * 1972 - Fabrice Santoro, French tennis playe *1981 - Diya Mirza, Indian actress. *1982 - Vinnie Accardi, singer and guitarist (Brand New) ==Deaths== *1565 - Pope Pius IV *1669 - Pope Clement IX *1930 - 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, boxing *1998 - Shaughnessy Cohen *2002 - Stan Rice, painter, educator, poet, husband of author Anne Rice *2003 - Paul Simon (politician), United States Senate from Illinois *2004 - David Brudnoy, radio personality *2004 - Dimebag Darrell, musician *2004 - Lea De Mae, Czech pornographic actress ==Holidays and observances== * 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. * Tanzania - Independence Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/9 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 8 - December 10 - November 9 - January 9 -- historical anniversaries ka:9 დეკემბერი la:9 Decembris simple:December 9
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--User:Maveric149 00:56, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) MediaWiki:December 9 selected anniversaries - MediaWiki talk:December 9 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=MediaWiki:December_9_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Moved birth from article: *1962 - Marcus Vasconcellos, engineer Vanity. User:Lupo 11:09, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC) == Anna's Day? == Can anyone verify Anna's Day? Seems kind of fishy. User:DenisMoskowitz 17:05, 2004 Dec 8 (UTC)
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