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 344th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 26, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,733,702,400 seconds 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 ‘trihectatetracontatetragon’ day.
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 51 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 4,371 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 9 Historical Events
- 1425 –The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
- 1856 –The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
- 1905 –In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
- 1941 –World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
- 1941 –World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
- 1946 –The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1988 –The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened.
- 2000 –The Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount.
Who were born on December 9?
- 1845 –Joel Chandler Harris, American writer (Uncle Remus)(d. 1908)
- 1861 –Hélène Smith, French psychic (d. 1929)
- 1887 –Tim Moore, American actor and vaudevillian (d. 1958)
- 1948 –Marleen Gorris, Dutch film director
- 1952 –Michael Dorn, American actor
- 1958 –Nick Seymour, Australian bassist (Crowded House)
- 1966 –Martin Taylor, footballer coach
- 1966 –Shane Scott, American director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor, musician
- 1974 –Aloísio, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 –Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
Who died on December 9?
- 1636 –Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer (b. 1566)
- 1706 –King Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
- 1798 –Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729)
- 1935 –Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor (b. 1886)
- 1952 –Abe Manley, American baseball team owner (b. 1885)
- 1971 –Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (b. 1874)
- 1995 –Douglas Corrigan, American aviator (b. 1907)
- 1996 –Alain Poher, French politician (b. 1909)
- 2003 –Norm Sloan, American basketball coach (b. 1926)
- 2004 –Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
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