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December 9
MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy — Thursday November 20, 2008
December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining.
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[edit] 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 United States 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1961 - Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
- 1962 - Tanganyika becomes a republic
- 1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent
- 1987 - First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
- 1990 - Lech Walesa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.
- 1992 - Separation of Prince Charles and Princess Diana is announced
- 1992 - US Marines land in Somalia
[edit] Births:
- 1594 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (+ 1632)
- 1608 - John Milton, poet, writer (+ 1674)
- 1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist
- 1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, author (+ 1908)
- 1876 - Berton Churchill, pioneer Hollywood actor (+ 1940)
- 1878 - Grand Duke Michael Romanov, Russian royalty (+ 1918)
- 1882 - Joaquín Turina, composer (+ 1949)
- 1885 - Grete Wiesenthal, dancer and choreographer (+ 1970)
- 1886 - Clarence Birdseye, frozen food pioneer (+ 1956)
- 1897 - Hermione Gingold, actress (+ 1987)
- 1898 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (+ 1979)
- 1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, author (+ 1937)
- 1901 - Ödön von Horváth, dramatist and narrator (+ 1938)
- 1902 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (+ 1985)
- 1905 - Dalton Trumbo, writer, member of the "Hollywood Ten" (+ 1976)
- 1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, computer pioneer (+ 1992)
- 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr., actor (+ 2000)
- 1911 - Broderick Crawford, actor (+ 1986)
- 1911 - Lee J. Cobb, actor
- 1912 - Tip O'Neill, former speaker of the United States House of Representatives (+ 1994)
- 1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, opera singer
- 1916 - Kirk Douglas, actor and film producer
- 1922 - Redd Foxx, comedian, actor (+ 1991)
- 1927 - Pierre Henry, composer
- 1928 - Dick Van Patten, actor
- 1929 - John Cassavetes, actor and film director (+ 1989)
- 1930 - Buck Henry, actor, comedian, writer, director, producer
- 1933 - Morton Downey Jr., talk show host (+ 2001)
- 1934 - Dame Judi Dench actress
- 1934 - Junior Wells, musician (+ 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)
- 1947 - Steve Owens, football player
- 1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician
- 1950 - Joan Armatrading, singer
- 1953 - John Malkovich, actor
- 1957 - Donny Osmond, entertainer
- 1967 - Joshua Bell, violinist
- 1968 - Kurt Angle, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, now WWE professional wrestler
- 1969 - Jakob Dylan, musician
- 1972 - Tre Cool, musician (Green Day)
[edit] Deaths:
- 1930 - Andrew "Rube" Foster, pioneer of Negro League baseball
- 1937 - Nils Gustaf Dalén, engineer, physicist
- 1965 - Branch Rickey, baseball commissioner
- 1971 - Ralph Bunche, diplomat
- 1972 - Louella Parsons, gossip columnist
- 1996 - Mary Leakey, archeologist, anthropologist
- 1998 - Archie Moore, boxer
[edit] Holidays and Observances:
- Roman Empire - Opalia held in honor of Ops
[edit] See Also:
December 8 - December 10 - November 9 - January 9 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
