What are the important events that happened on December 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 9 is the 343rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 26, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 490,344 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontatrigon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 70 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,736 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 9 Historical Events
- 1872 –In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
- 1875 –The Massachusetts Rifle Association, “America’s Oldest Active Gun Club”, is founded.
- 1905 –In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
- 1917 –World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem.
- 1946 –The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
- 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.
- 1956 –Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
- 1958 –The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
- 1987 –Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
- 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.
Who were born on December 9?
- 1901 –Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
- 1906 –Grace Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
- 1933 –Morton Downey Jr., American talk show host (d. 2001)
- 1945 –Matti Mäntylä, Finnish actor
- 1947 –Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-born Estonian politician
- 1962 –Felicity Huffman, American actress
- 1965 –Joe Ausanio, American baseball player
- 1966 –Julio Alberto Rodas Hurtarte, former soccer player
- 1967 –Joshua Bell, American violinist
- 1983 –Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
Who died on December 9?
- 1165 –King Malcolm IV of Scotland (b. 1141)
- 1603 –William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
- 1924 –Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and music teacher (b. 1854)
- 1955 –Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (b. 1885)
- 1965 –Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (b. 1884)
- 2001 –Michael Carver, British soldier (b. 1915)
- 2004 –Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
- 2008 –Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972)
- 2009 –Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2010 –Dov Shilansky, Israeli politician (b. 1924)
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