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What happend on 9. December in History
In our data base we found 358 events happened on 9. December:
• 480: Odoacer, first Germanic king of Italy, occupies Dalmatia and establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate. [category: Events]
• 536: Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed, the Gothic garrison flee the capital. [category: Events]
• 730: Battle of Marj Ardabil: the Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami. [category: Events]
• 748: Nasr ibn Sayyar, Arabian general and politician (b. 663) [category: Deaths]
• 1165: Malcolm IV of Scotland (b. 1141) [category: Deaths]
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• 1425: The Catholic University of Leuven is founded. [category: Events]
• 1437: Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368) [category: Deaths]
• 1447: Chenghua Emperor of China (d. 1487) [category: Births]
• 1508: Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555) [category: Births]
• 1531: The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City. [category: Events]
• 1544: Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) [category: Deaths]
• 1561: Edwin Sandys, English politician (d. 1629) [category: Births]
• 1565: Pope Pius IV (b. 1499) [category: Deaths]
• 1571: Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635) [category: Births]
• 1579: Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) [category: Births]
• 1594: Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632) [category: Births]
• 1603: William Watson, English priest (b. 1559) [category: Deaths]
• 1608: John Milton, English poet (d. 1674) [category: Births]
• 1610: Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1625: Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547) [category: Deaths]
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• 1636: Fabian Birkowski, Polish author and preacher (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1641: Anthony van Dyck, Belgian painter (b. 1599) [category: Deaths]
• 1652: Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician (d. 1723) [category: Births]
• 1667: William Whiston, English mathematician (d. 1752) [category: Births]
• 1669: Pope Clement IX (b. 1600) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English politician (b. 1609) [category: Deaths]
• 1706: Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German historian (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1718: Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer (b. 1650) [category: Deaths]
• 1721: Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer (d. 1805) [category: Births]
• 1728: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (d. 1804) [category: Births]
• 1745: Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818) [category: Births]
• 1748: Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822) [category: Births]
• 1751: Maria Luisa of Parma (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward. [category: Events]
• 1787: John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1793: Yolande de Polastron, French educator (b. 1749) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster. [category: Events]
• 1798: Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1813: Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1824: Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1830: Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas. [category: Events]
• 1837: Émile Waldteufel, French composer (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1842: Peter Kropotkin, Russian activist (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1845: Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1847: George Grossmith, English actor and singer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1850: Emma Abbott, American soprano (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1851: The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec. [category: Events]
• 1854: Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces. [category: Events]
• 1858: Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Hélène Smith, French psychic (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1867: Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1868: Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1870: Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1871: Joe Kelley, American baseball player (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1872: In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state. [category: Events]
• 1875: The Massachusetts Rifle Association, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club", is founded. [category: Events]
• 1876: Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1876: Pauline Whittier, American golfer (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1882: Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1883: Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1883: Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1886: Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1887: Tim Moore, American actor and comedian (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1887: Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese military leader [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department. [category: Events]
• 1889: Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1891: Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1895: Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1895: Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1897: Hermione Gingold, English actress (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1897: Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1898: Emmett Kelly, American clown (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1899: Jean de Brunhoff, French author (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1900: Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1901: Carol Dempster, American actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1901: Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1901: Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1902: Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1904: Robert Livingston, American actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1905: Dalton Trumbo, American author and screenwriter (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1905: In France, the law separating church and state is passed. [category: Events]
• 1906: Grace Hopper, American navy officer and computer scientist, developed COBOL (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1906: Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1911: Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1911: Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese army officer and educator (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1911: A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines. [category: Events]
• 1912: Tip O'Neill, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1914: Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1914: Max Manus, Norwegian activist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: Jerome Beatty Jr., American author (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1916: Kirk Douglas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1916: Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: James Angleton, American CIA officer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1917: James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 1918: Joyce Redman, Irish actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1920: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian politician, 10th President of Italy [category: Births]
• 1922: Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1922: Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of Poland. [category: Events]
• 1924: Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Dina Merrill, American actress [category: Births]
• 1926: Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jan Křesadlo, Czech psychologist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1927: Pierre Henry, French composer [category: Births]
• 1928: André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1928: Dick Van Patten, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia [category: Births]
• 1929: John Cassavetes, American actor, screenwriter, and director (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1930: Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1930: Rube Foster, American baseball player (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, screenwriter, and director (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: William Reynolds, American actor [category: Births]
• 1931: The Constituent Cortes approves the constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic. [category: Events]
• 1932: Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1932: Donald Byrd, American trumpet player [category: Births]
• 1932: Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, Bangladeshi social worker (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Ashleigh Brilliant, American author [category: Births]
• 1933: Monique Miller, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1933: Morton Downey, Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1933: Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1934: Judi Dench, English actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Aces) (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1935: Walter Liggett, American journalist (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder. [category: Events]
• 1936: Ben Pon, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1937: Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1937: Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1938: David Houston, American singer-songwriter (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1938: Deacon Jones, American football player [category: Births]
• 1940: Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Operation Compass – British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1941: Beau Bridges, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1941: Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Charlatans and The Acoustic Warriors) [category: Births]
• 1941: Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan. [category: Events]
• 1942: Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1942: Dick Butkus, American football player [category: Births]
• 1943: Joanna Trollope, English author [category: Births]
• 1943: Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1943: Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Bob O'Connor, American politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1944: Ki Longfellow, American author [category: Births]
• 1944: Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter and actor (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Rutles) [category: Births]
• 1944: Tadashi Irie, Japanese mobster [category: Births]
• 1945: Matti Mäntylä, Finnish actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Michael Nouri, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1946: Shatrughan Sinha, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1946: The "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation. [category: Events]
• 1946: The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India. [category: Events]
• 1947: Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-Estonian politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Tom Daschle, American politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Marleen Gorris, Dutch director [category: Births]
• 1949: Nando Parrado, Uruguayan survivor of the 1972 Andes flight disaster [category: Births]
• 1949: Tom Kite, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1950: Joan Armatrading, St. Kitts-born English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. [category: Events]
• 1952: Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Michael Dorn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Abe Manley, American businessman (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer [category: Births]
• 1953: John Malkovich, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: World B. Free, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1953: Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company. [category: Events]
• 1954: Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1954: Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian [category: Births]
• 1954: Phil Bryant, American politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi [category: Births]
• 1955: Chamras Saewataporn, Thai composer [category: Births]
• 1955: Otis Birdsong, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1955: Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French author [category: Births]
• 1956: Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1957: Donny Osmond, American singer-songwriter and actor (The Osmonds) [category: Births]
• 1957: Peter O'Mara, Australian guitarist and composer [category: Births]
• 1957: Steve Taylor, American singer-songwriter and producer (Chagall Guevara) [category: Births]
• 1958: Nick Seymour, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer (Crowded House, Deadstar, and Tarmac Adam) [category: Births]
• 1958: Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents, D.I., Social Distortion, and Christian Death) [category: Births]
• 1958: The John Birch Society is founded in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1959: John Martin Scripps, English murderer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1960: Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Juan Samuel, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Stefen Fangmeier, American director [category: Births]
• 1960: Terry Moran, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1960: The first episode of the world's longest-running television soap opera Coronation Street is broadcast in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1961: David Anthony Higgins, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Joe Lando, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain. [category: Events]
• 1962: Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1962: The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona. [category: Events]
• 1963: Crown Princess Masako of Japan [category: Births]
• 1963: Dave Hilton, Jr., Canadian boxer [category: Births]
• 1963: Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Hape Kerkeling, German actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Johannes B. Kerner, German sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1964: Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein, Feeling B, and First Arsch) [category: Births]
• 1964: Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Joe Ausanio, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Vecepia Towery, American reality contestant, winner of Survivor: Marquesas [category: Births]
• 1965: Branch Rickey, American baseball player and executive (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: The Kecksburg UFO incident: a fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that it examined the object. [category: Events]
• 1966: Dana Murzyn, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Dave Harold, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1966: Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Julio Alberto Rodas Hurtarte, Guatemalan footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Kadyrbek Sarbayev, Kyrgyzstan politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Martin Taylor, English footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1966: Mateo Romero, American painter [category: Births]
• 1966: Michael Foster, American drummer (FireHouse) [category: Births]
• 1966: Montserrat Gil Torné, Andorran politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Natee Thongsookkaew, Thai footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Shane Scott, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Spencer Rochfort, Canadian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Toby Huss, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Barbados joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1967: Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Jason Dozzell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Joshua Bell, American violinist [category: Births]
• 1967: Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Brent Price, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Weezer, Space Twins, and The Relationship) [category: Births]
• 1968: Kurt Angle, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco. [category: Events]
• 1969: Allison Smith, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wallflowers) [category: Births]
• 1969: Sebastian Spence, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970. [category: Events]
• 1970: Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer (Platinum Weird) [category: Births]
• 1970: Lance Krall, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Artem Mikoyan, Soviet businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan Company (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Geoff Barrow, English musician, composer, and producer (Portishead, Beak, and Quakers) [category: Births]
• 1971: Petr Nedvěd, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences. [category: Events]
• 1971: The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1972: Backhouse Mike, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1972: Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1972: Reiko Aylesworth, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Tré Cool, German-American drummer (Green Day, The Lookouts, Foxboro Hot Tubs, and The Network) [category: Births]
• 1972: Louella Parsons, American columnist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American soprano [category: Births]
• 1973: Fabio Artico, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1974: Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Canibus, Jamaican-American rapper and actor (The Hrsmn) [category: Births]
• 1974: Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Wendy Dillinger, American footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1975: William A. Wellman, American director (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Chris Booker, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter (Frou Frou and Urban Species) [category: Births]
• 1977: Saskia Garel, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Shayne Graham, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Gaston Gaudio, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Jesse Metcalfe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Chen Hao, Chinese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter (D&D) [category: Births]
• 1979: Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction. [category: Events]
• 1980: Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1980: Simon Helberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Dia Mirza, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Mardy Fish, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Daniel Faulkner, American police officer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Philadelphia Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner is killed during a routine traffic stop; Mumia Abu-Jamal is later convicted for it and he goes on to become "perhaps the world's best known death-row inmate" [category: Events]
• 1982: Bastian Swillims, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1982: Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryan Grant, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1982: Leon Jaworski, American prosecutor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jermaine Beckford, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Angel Guirado, Spanish–Filipino footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Leon Hall, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer [category: Births]
• 1987: Hikaru Nakamura, American chess player [category: Births]
• 1987: Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Mat Latos, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. [category: Events]
• 1988: Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened. [category: Events]
• 1989: Lindsey Evans, American model [category: Births]
• 1990: LaFee, German singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1991: Choi Minho South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Shinee) [category: Births]
• 1991: Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este [category: Births]
• 1992: Vincent Gardenia, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1993: Danny Blanchflower, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Garnett Silk, Jamaican singer (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: McKayla Maroney, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1995: Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Toni Cade Bambara, American author (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Alain Poher, French politician, President of France (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (The Waitresses) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Archie Moore, American boxer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ronnie Paris, American child abuse victim (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 2001: Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Paul Simon, American politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more. [category: Events]
• 2004: David Brudnoy, American radio host (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gordon Zahn, American sociologist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Thore Skogman, Swedish singer and actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Yuri Glazkov, Soviet astronaut (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency. [category: Events]
• 2009: Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Dov Shilansky, Israeli politician (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: James Moody, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: John Eleuthère du Pont, American murderer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Barbara Alby, American politician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charles Rosen, American pianist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ivan Ljavinec, Czech bishop (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mathews Mar Barnabas, Indian bishop (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Patrick Moore, English astronomer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Riccardo Schicchi, Italian porn producer, co-founded Diva Futura [category: Deaths]
• _: Anna's Day, marks the day to start the preparation process of the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve, as well as a Swedish name day, celebrating all people named Anna. (Sweden and Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anne (Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Tanganyika from Britain in 1961. (Tanzania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Anti-Corruption Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Juan Diego [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Leocadia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Heroes Day, formerly V.C. Bird Day. (Antigua and Barbuda) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nectarius of Auvergne [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Peter Fourier [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Yuri's Day in the Autumn (Russian Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]