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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.
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| − | =='''Events:'''==
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| − | *[[1793]] - [[New York, New York|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, Texas|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 [[United States 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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| − | *[[1931]] - [[Spain]] becomes a [[Spanish Republic|republic]]
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| − | *[[1937]] - [[Battle of Nanjing]] begins.
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| − | *[[1940]] - [[British Army]] attacks [[Italy|Italian]] forces in [[North Africa]]
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| − | *[[1941]] - [[Republic of China|China]] declares war on [[Japan]], [[Germany]], and [[Italy]].
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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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| − | *[[1961]] - [[Adolf Eichmann]] found guilty of [[war crime]]s in [[Israel]]
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| − | *[[1962]] - [[Tanganyika]] becomes a republic
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| − | *[[1963]] - [[Zanzibar]] becomes independent
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| − | *[[1987]] - [[First Intifada]] begins in the [[Gaza Strip]] and [[West Bank]]
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| − | *[[1990]] - [[Lech Walesa]] becomes the first directly elected president of [[Poland]].
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| − | *[[1992]] - Separation of [[Prince Charles]] and [[Princess Diana]] is announced
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| − | *[[1992]] - [[United States Marine Corps|US Marines]] land in [[Somalia]]
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| − | =='''Births:'''==
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| − | *[[1594]] - King [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]] (+ [[1632]])
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| − | *[[1608]] - [[John Milton]], poet, writer (+ [[1674]])
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| − | *[[1842]] - [[Peter Kropotkin]], Russian anarchist
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| − | *[[1848]] - [[Joel Chandler Harris]], author (+ [[1908]])
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| − | *[[1876]] - [[Berton Churchill]], pioneer Hollywood actor (+ [[1940]])
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| − | *[[1878]] - [[Grand Duke Michael Romanov]], [[Russia]]n royalty (+ [[1918]])
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| − | *[[1882]] - [[Joaquín Turina]], composer (+ [[1949]])
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| − | *[[1885]] - [[Grete Wiesenthal]], dancer and choreographer (+ [[1970]])
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| − | *[[1886]] - [[Clarence Birdseye]], frozen food pioneer (+ [[1956]])
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| − | *[[1897]] - [[Hermione Gingold]], actress (+ [[1987]])
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| − | *[[1898]] - [[Emmett Kelly]], [[circus]] [[clown]] (+ [[1979]])
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| − | *[[1899]] - [[Jean de Brunhoff]], author (+ [[1937]])
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| − | *[[1901]] - [[Odon von Horvath|Ödön von Horváth]], dramatist and narrator (+ [[1938]])
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| − | *[[1902]] - [[Margaret Hamilton]], actress (+ [[1985]])
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| − | *[[1905]] - [[Dalton Trumbo]], writer, member of the "[[Hollywood Ten]]" (+ [[1976]])
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| − | *[[1906]] - [[Grace Murray Hopper]], computer pioneer (+ [[1992]])
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| − | *[[1909]] - [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]], actor (+ [[2000]])
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| − | *[[1911]] - [[Broderick Crawford]], actor (+ [[1986]])
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| − | *[[1911]] - [[Lee J. Cobb]], actor
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| − | *[[1912]] - [[Tip O'Neill]], former [[speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (+ [[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 (+ [[1991]])
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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 (+ [[1989]])
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| − | *[[1930]] - [[Buck Henry]], actor, comedian, writer, director, producer
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| − | *[[1933]] - [[Morton Downey Jr.]], [[talk show]] host (+ [[2001]])
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| − | *[[1934]] - Dame [[Judi Dench]] actress
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| − | *[[1934]] - [[Junior Wells]], musician (+ [[1998]])
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| − | *[[1938]] - [[Deacon Jones]], [[American football]] star
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| − | *[[1941]] - [[Beau Bridges]], actor
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| − | *[[1941]] - [[Dan Hicks]], musician
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| − | *[[1942]] - [[Dick Butkus]], [[American football]] player
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| − | *[[1943]] - [[Rick Danko]], musician ([[The Band]])
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| − | *[[1947]] - [[Steve Owens]], football player
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| − | *[[1947]] - [[Tom Daschle]], American politician
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| − | *[[1950]] - [[Joan Armatrading]], singer
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| − | *[[1953]] - [[John Malkovich]], actor
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| − | *[[1957]] - [[Donny Osmond]], entertainer
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| − | *[[1967]] - [[Joshua Bell]], violinist
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| − | *[[1968]] - [[Kurt Angle]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist in [[wrestling]], now [[WWE]] professional wrestler
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| − | *[[1969]] - [[Jakob Dylan]], musician
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| − | *[[1972]] - [[Tre Cool]], musician ([[Green Day]])
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| − | =='''Deaths:'''==
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| − | *[[1930]] - [[Rube Foster|Andrew "Rube" Foster]], pioneer of [[Negro League]] [[baseball]]
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| − | *[[1937]] - [[Nils Gustaf Dalén]], engineer, physicist
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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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| − | *[[1996]] - [[Mary Leakey]], archeologist, anthropologist
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| − | *[[1998]] - [[Archie Moore]], [[boxing|boxer]]
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| − | =='''Holidays and Observances:'''==
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| − | *[[Roman Empire]] - [[Opalia]] held in honor of [[Ops]]
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| − | =='''See Also:'''==
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| − | [[December 8]] - [[December 10]] - [[November 9]] - [[January 9]] -- [[historical anniversaries|listing of all days]]
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| − | [[January]], [[February]], [[March]], [[April]], [[May]], [[June]], [[July]],
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| − | [[August]], [[September]], [[October]], [[November]], [[December]]
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