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December 9

December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining.

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 Recorded this date 6 See also

Events

• 1793 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster
• 1824 - Battle of Ayacucho - Peru defeats Spain
• 1835 - The Army of the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio
• 1851 - First YMCA in North America established in Montreal, Quebec
• 1861 - Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created by the United States Congress
• 1872 - P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African American governor of a U.S. state
• 1888 - Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department
• 1931 - Spain becomes a republic
• 1937 - Battle of Nanjing begins.
• 1940 - British Army attacks Italian forces in North Africa
• 1941 - China declares war on Japan, Germany, and Italy.
• 1950 - Harry Gold sentenced to thirty years in jail for stealing United States nuclear weapon secrets for the Soviet Union
• 1953 - General Electric announces that all Communist employees will be discharged from the company
• 1958 - John Birch Society founded.
• 1961 - Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
• 1962 - Tanganyika becomes a republic
• 1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent
• 1987 - First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
• 1990 - Lech Walesa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.
• 1992 - Separation of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is announced
• 1992 - US Marines land in Somalia

Births

• 1594 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
• 1608 - John Milton, poet, writer (d. 1674)
• 1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921)
• 1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, author (d. 1908)
• 1876 - Berton Churchill, pioneer Hollywood actor (d. 1940)
• 1878 - Grand Duke Michael Romanov, Russian royalty (d. 1918)
• 1882 - Joaquín Turina, composer (d. 1949)
• 1885 - Grete Wiesenthal, dancer and choreographer (d. 1970)
• 1886 - Clarence Birdseye, frozen food pioneer (d. 1956)
• 1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner
• 1897 - Hermione Gingold, actress (d. 1987)
• 1898 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (d. 1979)
• 1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, author (d. 1937)
• 1901 - Ödön von Horváth, dramatist and narrator (d. 1938)
• 1902 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (d. 1985)
• 1905 - Dalton Trumbo, writer, member of the "Hollywood Ten" (d. 1976)
• 1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, computer pioneer (d. 1992)
• 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr, actor (d. 2000)
• 1911 - Broderick Crawford, actor (d. 1986)
• 1911 - Lee J. Cobb, actor
• 1912 - Tip O'Neill, former speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
• 1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, opera singer
• 1916 - Kirk Douglas, actor and film producer
• 1922 - Redd Foxx, comedian, actor (d. 1991)
• 1927 - Pierre Henry, composer
• 1928 - Dick Van Patten, actor
• 1929 - John Cassavetes, actor and film director (d. 1989)
• 1929 - Bob Hawke, twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia
• 1930 - Buck Henry, actor, comedian, writer, director, producer
• 1933 - Morton Downey Jr, talk show host (d. 2001)
• 1934 - Dame Judi Dench actress
• 1934 - Junior Wells, musician (d. 1998)
• 1938 - Deacon Jones, American football star
• 1941 - Beau Bridges, actor
• 1941 - Dan Hicks, musician
• 1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player
• 1943 - Rick Danko, musician (The Band) (d. 1999)
• 1947 - Steve Owens, football player
• 1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician
• 1950 - Joan Armatrading, singer
• 1953 - John Malkovich, actor
• 1957 - Donny Osmond, entertainer
• 1967 - Joshua Bell, violinist
• 1968 - Kurt Angle, Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, now WWE professional wrestler
• 1969 - Jakob Dylan, musician
• 1972 - Tre Cool, musician (Green Day)

Deaths

• 1565 - Pope Pius IV
• 1669 - Pope Clement IX
• 1930 - Andrew "Rube" Foster, pioneer of Negro League baseball
• 1937 - Nils Gustaf Dalén, engineer, physicist
• 1965 - Dame Edith Sitwell, poet
• 1965 - Branch Rickey, baseball commissioner
• 1971 - Ralph Bunche, diplomat
• 1972 - Louella Parsons, gossip columnist
• 1996 - Mary Leakey, archeologist, anthropologist
• 1995 - Toni Cade Bambara, author (b. 1939)
• 1998 - Archie Moore, boxer
• 2003 - Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (75 years)

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire - Opalia held in honor of Ops

Recorded this date

• 1904 "Killarney" (w. Edmund Falconer m. Michael William Balfe)
  - Richard Jose
• 1908 "Annie Laurie" (w. William Douglas m. Lady John Douglas Scott)
  - Corinne Morgan
• 1909 "Old Black Joe" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
  - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet with
• 1919 "Colonel Bogey - March" (m. Kenneth J. Alford)
  - Columbia Band
• 1919 "O" (w. Byron Gay m. Arnold Johnson)
  - Jack Kaufman with Ted Lewis & his Band
• 1920 "Broadway Rose" (w. Eugene West m. Martin Fried & Otis Spencer)
  - Raderman's Jazz Orchestra
• 1920 "Home Again Blues" (w.m. Harry Akst & Irving Berlin)
  - Raderman's Jazz Orchestra
• 1926 "Mandy" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
• 1926 "Hello! Bluebird" (w.m. Cliff Friend)
  - Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
• 1927 "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella" (w. Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler m. Sammy Fain)
  - Irving Kaufman with Sam Lanin & his Orchestra
• 1927 "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" (w.m. Louis Armstrong & Lillian Hardin Armstrong)
  - Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
• 1929 "If Love Were All" (w.m. Noel Coward)
  - Frank Luther with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra
• 1929 "You've Got That Thing" (w.m. Cole Porter)
  - Frank Luther with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra
• 1929 "You Do Something To Me" (w.m. Cole Porter)
  - Frank Luther with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra
• 1931 "Ooh! That Kiss!" (w. Mort Dixon & Joe Young m. Harry Warren)
  - Tony Starr with The Dorsey Brothers & their Orchestra
• 1932 "It's Within Your Power" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
  - Bing Crosby
• 1932 "Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing" (w. Robert Hargreaves & Stanley J. Damerell m. Tolchard Evans & H. Tilsley)
  - Al Bowlly with Lew Stone & the Monseigneur band
• 1932 "Darkness On The Delta" (w. Marty Symes & Al Neiburg m. [Jerry Livingston)
  - Chick Bullock with & his Levee Loungers
• 1932 "Underneath The Harlem Moon" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel)
  - Katherine Handy with Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra
• 1932 "Pu-leeze! Mr Hemingway" (w. Walter Kent & Milton Drake m. Abner Silver)
  - Ann Suter
• 1932 "New King Porter Stomp"
  - Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra
• 1932 "Try A Little Tenderness" (w.m. Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly)
  - Chick Endor & Charlie Farrell with Ben Selvin & his orchestra
• 1932 "Street Of Dreams" (w. Sam M. Lewis m. Victor Young)
  - Bing Crosby
• 1935 "A Beautiful Lady In Blue" (w. Sam M. Lewis m. J. Fred Coots)
  - Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
• 1935 "With All My Heart" (w. Gus Kahn m. Jimmy McHugh)
  - Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
• 1935 "Somebody Ought To Be Told" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg)
  - Al Bowlly with with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
• 1935 "I Built A Dream One Day" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg)
  - Al Bowlly with Ray Noble & his Orchestra
• 1935 "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" (w. "Red" Hodgson m. Edward Farley & Michael Riley)
  - Edythe Wright with Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven
• 1937 "La Estrellita" (m. Maurice Ponce)
  - Xavier Cugat & his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
• 1938 "I'm Falling In Love With Someone" (w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert)
  - Bing Crosby & Frances Langford with Victor Young & his Concert Orchestra
• 1938 "Gypsy Love Song" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
  - Bing Crosby & Frances Langford with Victor Young & his Concert Orchestra
• 1940 "I Hear A Rhapsody" (w.m. George Fragos, Jack Baker & Dick Gasparre)
  - Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey
• 1940 "I Understand" (w. Kim Gannon m. Mabel Wayne)
  - Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
• 1940 "High On A Windy Hill" (w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer)
  - Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
• 1940 "Where The River Shannon Flows" (w.m. James J. Russell)
  - Bing Crosby w. The King's Men with O/Victor Young
• 1940 "Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?" (w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr)
  - Bing Crosby w. The King's Men with O/Victor Young
• 1940 "De Camptown Races" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
  - Bing Crosby w. The King's Men with O/Victor Young
• 1940 "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
  - Bing Crosby w. The King's Men with O/Victor Young
• 1941 "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" (w. June Hershey m. Don Swander)
  - Perry Como with Ted Weems & his Orchestra
• 1944 "Can't Help Singing" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jerome Kern)
  - Deanna Durbin & Robert Paige with O/Edgar Fairchild
• 1946 "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" (w. Paul Francis Webster m. Hoagy Carmichael)
  - Hoagy Carmichael & Chickadees with O/Lou Bring
• 1947 "Haunted Heart" (w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz)
  - Perry Como with O/Russ Case
• 1947 "There Must Be A Way" (w.m. Sammy Gallop & David Saxon)
  - Perry Como with O/Russ Case and His Orchestra
• 1949 "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain)
  - Alan Dean with Carroll Gibbons & his Orchestra
• 1949 "So Ends My Search For A Dream"
  - Alan Dean with Carroll Gibbons & his Orchestra
• 1949 "Third Man Theme" (m. Anton Karas)
  - Guy Lombardo & his Orchestra
• 1949 "The Wedding Samba" (w.m. Abraham Ellstein, Allan Small & Joseph Liebowitz)
  - Kenny Gardner with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians
• 1952 "I Do, I Do, I Do" (w.m. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston)
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/Paul Weston
• 1952 "What Would You Do (If You Were In My Place)"
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/Paul Weston
• 1952 "Lovely Weather For Ducks" (w.m. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston)
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/Paul Weston
• 1952 "Haven't Got A Worry" (w.m. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston)
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/Paul Weston
• 1953 "Young At Heart" (w. Carolyn Leigh m. Johnny Richards)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1953 "I Could Have Told You" (w. Carl Sigman m. James Van Heusen)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1953 "Rain (Falling From The Skies)" (w.m. George Finlay & Robert Mellin)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
• 1954 "How Important Can It Be?" (w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss)
  - Joni James w. Ray Charles Singers with O/David Terry
• 1955 "Young And Foolish" (w. Arnold B. Horwitt m. Albert Hague)
  - Eve Boswell with O/Reg Owen
• 1956 "Glitter And Be Gay" (w. Richard Wilbut m. Leonard Bernstein)
  - Barbara Cook
• 1958 "Just In Time" (w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Billy May
• 1958 "Something's Gotta Give" (w.m. Johnny Mercer)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Billy May
• 1958 "The Song Is You" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Billy May
• 1966 "Detroit City" (w.m. ]]Mel Tillis]] & Danny Dill)
  - Tom Jones with O/Charles Blackwell

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See also

December 8 - December 10 - November 9 - January 9 -- listing of all days

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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