December 9

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 9. From 1900 until now. December 9 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Kat Bjelland (1963), John Malkovich (1953) and Booba (rapper) (1976). Several movies were released around December 9 over the years, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001 directed by Peter Jackson and It's a Wonderful Life in 1946 directed by Frank Capra.
But much more happened on December 9 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Anti-Corruption Day [1]
Calendar of saints: Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin : optional memorial
Peter Fourier, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame
Also see December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); specifically the conception of Saint Anne
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 (of Tanganyika from Britain, 1961)
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Events

2018 Two people die and 38 others are hospitalized after a fire erupted in a building in Reggio Emilia, Italy. (Gazzetta di Reggio)
2017 United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital: Hundreds of people protest on the West Bank and in Gaza for the third day in a row. (BBC)
2016 Syrian Civil War: Battle of Aleppo, Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016): Russia and the United States will continue talks on Aleppo after talks between the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (AlJazeera)
2015 Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015): An Israeli couple are injured in a drive-by shooting attack near Avnei Hefetz. (The Times of Israel)A Palestinian man injures an Israeli civilian and a soldier in a stabbing attack before the attacker is shot and killed by security forces in the city of Hebron. (The Jerusalem Post)Israeli soldiers shoot dead a Palestinian teenager during an arrest raid on a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. (The Jerusalem Post) (Al Jazeera)
2014 An Ansar al-Sharia suicide bomb attack kills seven soldiers at an army base in southern Yemen. (CNN)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: Attacks around Iraq kill at least 18 people, including a car bombing at a cafe in the town of Buhriz which killed 12 people. (AP via Miami Herald)
2012 Violent clashes occur in Bangladesh as protesters stage a nationwide blockade of roads to press for an independent body to oversee the next general election. At least two people were killed and about 100 injured after police fire rubber bullets and tear gas. (Reuters) (BBC)
2011 Credit rating agency Moody's downgrades the ratings of France's three biggest banks, Crédit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Société Générale. (BBC)
2010 Dame Helen Mirren, speaking as she received an award in Beverly Hills, USA, criticises the intentions of Hollywood filmmakers who "worship at the altar of the 18- to 25-year-old male and his penis". (BBC) (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph)
2009 An unexplained spiral light seen in the sky across large parts of Northern Norway confounds spectators. Authorities speculate that the light could come from a misfired Russian rocket, but Russian authorities deny this. (Daily Mail) (The Daily Telegraph)
2008 The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency.
2007 Two people are killed and two are injured in a shooting at a youth training center in Arvada Colorado, United States. (CNN)
2006 William J. Jefferson is reelected as the member for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district in a runoff election defeating fellow Democrat Karen Carter despite facing an ongoing bribery investigation. (AP via CNN)
2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes out to theatres. Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media
2004 President George W. Bush nominates Jim Nicholson, United States Ambassador to the Holy See, as his nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, replacing outgoing Secretary Anthony Principi.
2003 A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
2002 United Airlines, the second largest airline in the world, files under the United States Bankruptcy Code Chapter 11.
2000 The Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount.
1997 The Pokémon Trading Card Game is blessed by the Vatican for its love-thy-neighbor notion of quotintense friendship,quot for being quotfull of inventive imagination,quot and its lack of quotharmful moral side effects.quot
1996 Jerry Rawlings is reelected president of Ghana.
1995 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB).
1994 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments
1993 My Fair Lady opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances
1992 3rd Billboard Music Awards
1991 2nd Billboard Music Awards
1990 Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14
1989 Les Miserables opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1988 The last Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant roll off the assembly line in a Chrysler factory.
1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
1985 Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
1984 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1982 Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce
1981 Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders
1979 Murle Breer / Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops five probes into atmosphere of Venus.
1975 US President Gerald Ford signs US$2.3 billion loan-authorization for New York City.
1974 Dow Jones index hits 570.01
1973 Pajama Game opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
1971 Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at age 67 in New York City, New York.
1970 Dutch Antilles: Government of Petronia falls.
1968 KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
1966 Barbados joins the United Nations.
1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas, premieres
1963 Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped
1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale closes on Broadway
1961 From the Second City closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 performances
1960 1st broadcast of Coronation Street on British ITV
1958 Robert H W Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis, Indiana to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society.
1956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
1955 Adnan Menderes of DP forms the new government of Turkey (22nd government)
1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired.
1947 French labor unions call off the general strike and re-commence negotiations with the French government.
1946 The ''Subsequent Nuremberg Trials'' begin with the ''Doctors' Trial'', prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
1941 1st US WWII bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
1940 British assault on Banghazi Libya.
1939 Russian air raid on Helsinki, Finland.
1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing : Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing.
1936 AL OKs night baseball for St. Louis
1935 Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder.
1934 New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship.
1933 Romania disallows fascist Iron Guard.
1931 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
1925 Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000
1924 Dutch and Hungary trade treaty signed.
1922 Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of Poland.
1918 French troops occupies Mainz.
1917 British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem.
1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris.
1910 French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir.
1907 Gustav Mahler departs Vienna.
1906 New York American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed US Senate commission on the Congo.
1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state.
1903 Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage.
1900 Dutch President Paul Kruger and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession.
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