December, 9th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 09, 2001:
Chris Jericho unifies the WWE Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship for the first time ever at the WWE Vengeance pay-per-view.

Wednesday 09, 1992:
US Marines land in soma

Sunday 09, 1990:
Lech Wałęsa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.

Wednesday 09, 1987:
The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank

Thursday 09, 1982:
Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.

Sunday 09, 1962:
Tanganyika becomes a republic

Saturday 09, 1961:
Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel

Friday 09, 1960:
Coronation Street first airs on televisions across the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 09, 1958:
John Birch Society founded.

Wednesday 09, 1953:
General Electric announces that all Communist employees will be discharged from the company

Saturday 09, 1950:
Harry Gold is sentenced to thirty years in jail for stealing United States nuclear weapon secrets for the Soviet Union

Monday 09, 1946:
Doctors' Trial: The trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity began for medical researchers involved in the horrors of Nazi human experimentation .

Sunday 09, 1945:
American General George S. Patton is injured in an automobile crash in occupied Germany. He dies twelve days later.

Tuesday 09, 1941:
China and Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea declares war on Japan, Germany, and Italy.

Monday 09, 1940:
British Army attacks Italian forces in North Africa

Thursday 09, 1937:
Battle of Nanjing begins.

Wednesday 09, 1931:
Spain becomes a republic

Saturday 09, 1905:
Law separating church and state passed in France

Thursday 09, 1897:
Marguerite Durand, a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette, founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde.

Sunday 09, 1888:
Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department

Monday 09, 1872:
P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African American governor of a U.S. state

Monday 09, 1861:
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created by the U.S. Congress

Tuesday 09, 1856:
Bushehr surrenders to the British.

Tuesday 09, 1851:
First YMCA in North America established in Montreal, Quebec

Wednesday 09, 1835:
The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio

Thursday 09, 1824:
Peru defeats Spain

Monday 09, 1793:
New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/09-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 09

1981:
Diya Mirza, Indian actress (b: December 9, 1981) (Biography of Diya Mirza)

1972:
Tre Cool, American musician (Green Day) (b: December 9, 1972) (Biography of Tre Cool)
Fabrice Santoro, French tennis player (b: December 9, 1972) (Biography of Fabrice Santoro)

1969:
Jakob Dylan, American musician (b: December 9, 1969) (Biography of Jakob Dylan)
Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer (b: December 9, 1969) (Biography of Bixente Lizarazu)

1968:
Kurt Angle, American amateur and professional wrestler (b: December 9, 1968) (Biography of Kurt Angle)
Dave Harold, English snooker player (b: December 9, 1968) (Biography of Dave Harold)

1967:
Joshua Bell, American violinist (b: December 9, 1967) (Biography of Joshua Bell)

1964:
Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein) (b: December 9, 1964) (Biography of Paul Landers)

1962:
Felicity Huffman, American actress (b: December 9, 1962) (Biography of Felicity Huffman)

1957:
Donny Osmond, American singer and actor (b: December 9, 1957) (Biography of Donny Osmond)

1953:
John Malkovich, American actor (b: December 9, 1953) (Biography of John Malkovich)

1952:
Michael Dorn, American actor (b: December 9, 1952) (Biography of Michael Dorn)

1950:
Joan Armatrading, West Indian-born singer (b: December 9, 1950) (Biography of Joan Armatrading)

1947:
Tom Daschle, American politician (b: December 9, 1947) (Biography of Tom Daschle)
Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician (b: December 9, 1947) (Biography of Jaak Jõerüüt)

1946:
Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician (b: December 9, 1946) (Biography of Sonia Gandhi)

1942:
Dick Butkus, American football player (b: December 9, 1942) (Biography of Dick Butkus)

1941:
Beau Bridges, American actor (b: December 9, 1941) (Biography of Beau Bridges)
Dan Hicks, American musician (b: December 9, 1941) (Biography of Dan Hicks (singer))

1938:
Deacon Jones, American football player (b: December 9, 1938) (Biography of Deacon Jones)

1934:
Junior Wells, American musician (b: December 9, 1934 ; d: January 15, 1998) (Biography of Junior Wells)
Dame Judi Dench English actress (b: December 9, 1934) (Biography of Judi Dench)

1933:
Morton Downey Jr., American talk show host (b: December 9, 1933) (Biography of Morton Downey Jr.)

1930:
Buck Henry, American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer (b: December 9, 1930) (Biography of Buck Henry)

1929:
John Cassavetes, American actor and film director (b: December 9, 1929 ; d: February 3, 1989) (Biography of John Cassavetes)
Bob Hawke, twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia (b: December 9, 1929) (Biography of Bob Hawke)

1928:
Dick Van Patten, American actor (b: December 9, 1928) (Biography of Dick Van Patten)

1927:
Pierre Henry, French composer (b: December 9, 1927) (Biography of Pierre Henry)

1926:
Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 9, 1926 ; d: February 15, 1999) (Biography of Henry Way Kendall)
Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b: December 9, 1926 ; d: August 13, 1995) (Biography of Jan Kresadlo)

1922:
Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b: December 9, 1922 ; d: October 11, 1991) (Biography of Redd Foxx)

1917:
James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 9, 1917 ; d: May 31, 1986) (Biography of James Rainwater)

1916:
Kirk Douglas, American actor and film producer (b: December 9, 1916) (Biography of Kirk Douglas)

1915:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German soprano (b: December 9, 1915) (Biography of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf)

1912:
Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b: December 9, 1912) (Biography of Tip O'Neill)

1911:
Broderick Crawford, American actor (b: December 9, 1911 ; d: April 26, 1986) (Biography of Broderick Crawford)

1909:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b: December 9, 1909 ; d: May 7, 2000) (Biography of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.)

1906:
Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (b: December 9, 1906) (Biography of Grace Murray Hopper)

1905:
Dalton Trumbo, American writer (b: December 9, 1905 ; d: September 10, 1976) (Biography of Dalton Trumbo)

1902:
Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b: December 9, 1902 ; d: May 16, 1985) (Biography of Margaret Hamilton)

1901:
Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-born German writer (b: December 9, 1901) (Biography of Odon von Horvath)
Jean Mermoz, French pilot (b: December 9, 1901) (Biography of Jean Mermoz)

1899:
Jean de Brunhoff, French author (b: December 9, 1899 ; d: October 16, 1937) (Biography of Jean de Brunhoff)

1898:
Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (b: December 9, 1898 ; d: March 28, 1979) (Biography of Emmett Kelly)

1897:
Hermione Gingold, British actress (b: December 9, 1897) (Biography of Hermione Gingold)

1889:
Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889) (b: December 9, 1889 ; d: January 11, 1966) (Biography of Hannes Kolehmainen)

1886:
Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food manufacturer (b: December 9, 1886 ; d: October 7, 1956) (Biography of Clarence Birdseye)

1882:
Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b: December 9, 1882 ; d: January 14, 1949) (Biography of Joaquín Turina)

1876:
Berton Churchill, American actor (b: December 9, 1876 ; d: October 10, 1940) (Biography of Berton Churchill)

1871:
Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b: December 9, 1871 ; d: August 14, 1943) (Biography of Joe Kelley)

1868:
Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 9, 1868 ; d: January 29, 1934) (Biography of Fritz Haber)

1850:
Emma Abbott, American soprano (b: December 9, 1850 ; d: January 5, 1891) (Biography of Emma Abbott)

1842:
Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (b: December 9, 1842 ; d: February 8, 1921) (Biography of Peter Kropotkin)

1667:
William Whiston, English mathematician (b: December 9, 1667 ; d: August 22, 1752) (Biography of William Whiston)

1610:
Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b: December 9, 1610 ; d: September 10, 1680) (Biography of Baldassare Ferri)

1608:
John Milton, English writer (b: December 9, 1608 ; d: November 8, 1674) (Biography of John Milton)

1594:
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b: December 9, 1594 ; d: November 16, 1632) (Biography of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden)

1579:
Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b: December 9, 1579) (Biography of Martin de Porres)

1571:
Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b: December 9, 1571 ; d: September 6, 1635) (Biography of Metius)

1561:
Edwin Sandys, Virginia colonist (b: December 9, 1561) (Biography of Edwin Sandys (American colonist))

1508:
Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b: December 9, 1508 ; d: May 25, 1555) (Biography of Gemma Frisius)

1447:
Chenghua, Emperor of China (b: December 9, 1447 ; d: September 9, 1487) (Biography of Chenghua)

1165:
King Malcolm IV of Scotland (b: December 9, 1165) (Biography of Malcolm IV of Scotland)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/09-december/births.html

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They left us on December 09

2004:
David Brudnoy (d: December 9, 2004) (Biography of David Brudnoy)
Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b: December 26, 1976 ; d: December 9, 2004) (Biography of Lea De Mae)

2003:
Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (b: November 29, 1928 ; d: December 9, 2003) (Biography of Paul Simon (politician))

2002:
Stan Rice (d: December 9, 2002) (Biography of Stan Rice)

1998:
Archie Moore, American boxer (b: December 13, 1913 ; d: December 9, 1998) (Biography of Archie Moore)
Shaughnessy Cohen (d: December 9, 1998) (Biography of Shaughnessy Cohen)

1996:
Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (b: February 6, 1913 ; d: December 9, 1996) (Biography of Mary Leakey)

1995:
Toni Cade Bambara, American author (b: March 25, 1939 ; d: December 9, 1995) (Biography of Toni Cade Bambara)

1984:
Razzle (d: December 9, 1984) (Biography of Razzle)

1972:
Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (b: August 6, 1881 ; d: December 9, 1972) (Biography of Louella Parsons)

1971:
Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b: August 7, 1904 ; d: December 9, 1971) (Biography of Ralph Bunche)

1965:
Branch Rickey, baseball executive (b: December 20, 1881 ; d: December 9, 1965) (Biography of Branch Rickey)

1964:
Edith Sitwell, English poet (b: September 7, 1887 ; d: December 9, 1964) (Biography of Edith Sitwell)

1937:
Nils Gustaf Dalén (d: December 9, 1937) (Biography of Nils Gustaf Dalén)

1930:
Rube Foster (d: December 9, 1930) (Biography of Rube Foster)

1798:
Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b: October 22, 1729 ; d: December 9, 1798) (Biography of Johann Reinhold Forster)

1718:
Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (b: August 16, 1650 ; d: December 9, 1718) (Biography of Vincenzo Coronelli)

1706:
King Peter II of Portugal (b: April 26, 1648 ; d: December 9, 1706) (Biography of Peter II of Portugal)

1692:
William Mountfort (d: December 9, 1692) (Biography of William Mountfort)

1674:
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman and historian (b: February 18, 1609 ; d: December 9, 1674) (Biography of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon)

1669:
Pope Clement IX (b: January 28, 1600 ; d: December 9, 1669) (Biography of Pope Clement IX)

1641:
Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (b: March 22, 1599 ; d: December 9, 1641) (Biography of Anthony van Dyck)

1636:
Fabian Birkowski (d: December 9, 1636) (Biography of Fabian Birkowski)

1625:
Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b: December 5, 1547 ; d: December 9, 1625) (Biography of Ubbo Emmius)

1603:
William Watson (priest) (d: December 9, 1603) (Biography of William Watson (priest))

1565:
Pope Pius IV (b: March 31, 1499 ; d: December 9, 1565) (Biography of Pope Pius IV)

1544:
Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b: November 8, 1491 ; d: December 9, 1544) (Biography of Teofilo Folengo)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/09-december/deaths.html