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What happened in history on this day: December 9?
On December 9 in ...
- 1793 - Noah Webster establishes New York's first daily newspaper, American Minerva.
- 1848 - First gold from California is delivered to the Philadelphia Mint.
- 1861 - Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Territory (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah).
- 1906 - New York American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed US Senate commission on the Congo.
- 1909 - First US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, in Long Island, New York).
- 1921 - The Philatelic Agency of the US Post Office Department is established in Washington, DC.
- 1941 - First US World War II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler orders US ships torpedoed.
- 1944 - In Washington DC, 44 governments sign an agreement to create the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
- 1950 - Chicago Tribune newspaper editorial staff write: [The Council on Foreign Relations] "have used the prestige that their wealth, their social position, and their education have given them to lead their country towards bankruptcy and military debacle.".
- 1953 - General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired.
- 1958 - Robert H W Welch Junior and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis, Indiana to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society.
- 1963 - Frank Sinatra Junior is kidnapped at Harrah's Club at Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
- 1968 - Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford, California.
- 1971 - Lewis F Powell Junior appointed to the US Supreme Court.
- 1975 - US President Gerald Ford signs US$2.3 billion loan-authorization for New York City.
- 1981 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police officer Daniel Faulkner is shot and killed during a routine traffic stop of a vehicle driven by William Cook, Mumia Abu-Jamal's younger brother.
- 1983 - US Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it".
- 1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1984 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1987 - Microsoft ships Microsoft Windows 2.01. It features overlapping windows, and can use protected mode on the 80286 processor.
- 1988 - The last Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant roll off the assembly line in a Chrysler factory.
- 1992 - 1800 U.S. Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia, first units of a multinational force to restore order and provide starvation relief.
- 2002 - United Airlines, the second largest airline in the world, files under the United States Bankruptcy Code Chapter 11.
- 2021 - (to December 10) The Summit for Democracy, a virtual summit, is hosted by the United States "to renew democracy at home and confront autocracies abroad".
Births on December 9
- 1809 - Birth of James Ross Snowden in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; US Mint Treasurer (1848-1850), US Mint Director (1853-1861).
- 1853 - Birth of Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn in Rochester, New York, USA; pitcher (60-12 in 1884).
- 1898 - Birth of Emmett Kelly in Sedan, Kansas, USA; circus clown (Weary Willie).
- 1899 - Birth of Howard Freeman in Helena, Montana, USA; actor (Double Dynamite).
- 1902 - Birth of Margaret Hamilton in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress (Wicked Witch - The Wizard of Oz) (dies 1985).
- 1906 - Birth of Freddy Martin in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin).
- 1909 - Birth of Douglas Fairbanks Junior in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Ghost Story).
- 1911 - Birth of [William] Broderick Crawford in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol, Hunter, Liar's Moon).
- 1913 - Birth of Frances Reid in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA; actress (Alice - Days of Our Lives).
- 1922 - Birth of Redd Foxx in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; comedian (Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx Show).
- 1925 - Birth of Dina Merrill in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8).
- 1928 - Birth of Dick Van Patten in Queens, New York, USA; actor (Tom Bradford - Eight is Enough).
- 1929 - Birth of John Cassavetes in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby).
- 1930 - Birth of Buck Henry in New York City, New York, USA; screenwriter/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Get Smart).
- 1933 - Birth of Orville Moody in Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA; PGA golfer (1969 US Open).
- 1934 - Birth of Al Kaline in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers).
- 1934 - Birth of Milton Gray Campbell in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA; decathlete (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1934 - Birth of [Amos] Junior Wells in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; blues singer ("In My Younger Days").
- 1941 - Birth of Beau Bridges in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer).
- 1942 - Birth of Dick Butkus in Chicago, Illinois, USA; NFL hall of fame linebacker (Chicago Bears)/sportscaster.
- 1942 - Birth of Joe McGinniss in Rye, New York, USA; author (Selling of the President 1968).
- 1945 - Birth of Michael Nouri in Washington DC, USA; actor (Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues).
- 1948 - Birth of Ron Vawter in Latham, New York, USA; actor (Philadelphia, Empire City, Twister).
- 1949 - Birth of Thomas O Kite Junior in Austin, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1978 British Columbia Open, Crosby 1983).
- 1953 - Birth of John Malkovich in Christopher, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Killing Fields).
- 1956 - Birth of Sylvia in Kokomo, Indiana, USA; country singer (Nobody).
- 1957 - Birth of Donny Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer (Osmond Brothers, Donny and Marie).
- 1958 - Birth of Nancy J Currie in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; Major Army/astronaut (STS 57, 70, sk: 88).
- 1961 - Birth of Joe Lando in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Byron Sully - Dr Quinn).
- 1965 - Birth of Brad Savage in Livdnia, Michigan, USA; actor (Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice).
- 1965 - Birth of Caryn Kadavy in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA; figure skater.
- 1965 - Birth of Karla Nelson in Pine City, Minnesota, USA; bodybuilder-Ms America (1993).
- 1967 - Birth of Cathy Mockett in Newport Beach, California, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-7th).
- 1968 - Birth of Kurt Angle in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; 220 pounds freestyle wrestler (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Michael Foster in Richmond, Virginia, USA; drummer (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime").
- 1969 - Birth of Allison Smith in Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Jennie - Cagney and Lacey, Kate and Allie).
- 1969 - Birth of Greg[ory] Klingsporn in Morristown, New Jersey, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Jakob Dylan in New York City, New York, USA; singer/guitarist/Bob Dylan's son (The Wallflowers - "One Headlight").
- 1970 - Birth of David Kersh in Houston, Texas, USA; country singer ("If I Never Stop Loving You").
- 1970 - Birth of Marlin Cannon in Dallas, Texas, USA; 200 metre/400 metre runner.
- 1971 - Birth of Todd Van Poppel in Hinsdale Illinois, USA; pitcher (Oakland Athletics).
- 1978 - Birth of Mandy James in Jacksonville, Florida; rhythmic gymnast (US team-1996).
Deaths on December 9
- 1819 - Ann C Coleman, fiancee of President James Buchanan, commits suicide.
- 1971 - Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at age 67 in New York City, New York.
- 1975 - William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at age 79.
- 1981 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police officer Daniel Faulkner is shot and killed during a routine traffic stop of a vehicle driven by William Cook, Mumia Abu-Jamal's younger brother.
- 1982 - Leon Jaworski, Watergate special prosecutor, dies in Texas at age 77.
- 2002 - Death of Stan Rice, American painter and poet (born 1942).
- 2003 - Death of Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (born 1928).
- 2010 - Death of John E. duPont at age 72 of natural causes in Laurel Highlands State Correctional Facility in Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA; millionaire heir to a chemical fortune.
- 2021 - Death of Demaryius Thomas at age 33 in Roswell, Georgia, USA; football player (NFL wide receiver, Denver Broncos, SuperBowl 2016 winner).
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