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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 9
- 300th: 1724 - Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt" premieres in London.
- 200th: 1824 - Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain.
- 100th: 1924 - Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at age 70.
- 100th: 1924 - Dutch and Hungary trade treaty signed.
- 100th: 1924 - Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian President.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Al Kaline in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Judi Dench in York, England; British stage and film actress (As Time Goes By, M - Goldeneye, Queen Victoria - Her Majesty Mrs Brown).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Milton Gray Campbell in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA; decathlete (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of [Amos] Junior Wells in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; blues singer ("In My Younger Days").
- 90th: 1934 - New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of George Baker [Hans Bouwens]; Dutch vocalist (G B Selection).
- 80th: 1944 - Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at age 28.
- 80th: 1944 - In Washington DC, 44 governments sign an agreement to create the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Herman Finkers; Dutch cabaret performer.
- 70th: 1954 - Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Swedish Royal Music Academy.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Petr Briza in Prague, Czechoslovakia; hockey goalie (Team Czechoslovakia Representative).
- 60th: 1964 - Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at age 77.
- 50th: 1974 - George Carew, cricket player (4 Tests for West Indies between 1935 and 1949), dies.
- 50th: 1974 - Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail.
- 40th: 1984 - 59th Australian Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (6-7, 6-1, 6-3).
- 40th: 1984 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 40th: 1984 - Iranian commandos end six-day capture of Kuwaiti plane.
- 40th: 1984 - Los Angeles Rams' Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards.
- 40th: 1984 - Vicki Alvarez/Mike McDonald win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 30th: 1994 - 13m diameter asteroid 1994XM1 passes within 100,000km of Earth.
- 30th: 1994 - Kim II Sung, President of North Korea (1945-94), dies at age 82.
- 30th: 1994 - Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo Starr, dies of Leukemia at age 48.
- 30th: 1994 - Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at age 85.
- 20th: 2004 - Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott, formerly of the metal act Pantera, is shot by a jilted fan while performing with his new group, Damageplan.
- 5th: 2019 - A volcano erupts on White Island in New Zealand, killing 20 people and injuring 27 others.
- 5th: 2019 - A Chilean military transport aircraft crashes while en route to Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva in Antarctica, killing all 38 people on board.
- 5th: 2019 - The World Anti-Doping Agency votes unanimously to ban Russia from major international sport events for four years for doping offences, meaning it will be excluded from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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