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:

• 1793 - The first American 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
• 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
• 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.

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)
• 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)
• 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
• 1969 - Jakob Dylan[?], musician
• 1972 - Tre Cool, musician (Green Day)

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

Holidays and Observances:

• Roman Empire - Opalia[?] held in honor of Ops

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