December 9th, 1008

Born on December 9th, 1008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 370,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 112 days, exactly on September 13th, 2024, people who were born on December 9th, 1008 will be 371,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 9th?

December 9th, 2016

Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, was impeached, marking the culmination of the country's political scandal.

December 9th, 2008

Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was arrested for a number of corruption crimes, including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat that was being vacated by then-President-elect Barack Obama.

December 9th, 1981

Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner; his subsequent conviction and death sentence generated controversy in the United States.

December 9th, 1979

A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, making it the only human infectious disease to date to have been completely eradicated.

December 9th, 1969

U.S. secretary of state William P. Rogers proposed a plan, later called the Rogers Plan, for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt's and Jordan's acceptance of the plan over Palestine Liberation Organization objections led to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.

December 9th, 1968

Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse (pictured), hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).

December 9th, 1965

A large, brilliant fireball was seen by thousands in midwestern North America before crash landing in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.

December 9th, 1961

Tanganyika Territory gained independence from Britain before becoming part of Tanzania three years later.

December 9th, 1948

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Genocide Convention, which defines genocide in legal terms and advises its signatories to prevent and punish such actions.

December 9th, 1940

Second World War: British and Commonwealth forces began Operation Compass, the first major Allied military operation of the Western Desert campaign.

December 9th, 1917

First World War: Hussein al-Husayni, the Ottoman mayor of Jerusalem, surrendered the city to British forces (pictured).

December 9th, 1911

A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 miners despite a well-organized rescue effort led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

December 9th, 1905

Legislation establishing state secularism in France was passed by the Chamber of Deputies.

December 9th, 1897

French actress, journalist and leading suffragette Marguerite Durand founded the feminist newspaper La Fronde.

December 9th, 1892

The English association football club Newcastle United was founded by the merger of Newcastle East End and West End.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 9th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 9th?

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

65

John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

*December 9th, 1608, Cheapside †November 8th, 1674, London

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

*December 9th, 1969, St. John's

69

Jean-Claude Juncker

Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019)

*December 9th, 1954, Redange

70

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

61

Felicity Huffman

American actress

*December 9th, 1962, Bedford

54

Bixente Lizarazu

French association football player

*December 9th, 1969, Saint-Jean-de-Luz

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

*December 9th, 1916, Amsterdam †February 5th, 2020, Beverly Hills

77

Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician

*December 9th, 1946, Lusiana

52

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

43

Simon Helberg

American actor and comedian

*December 9th, 1980, Los Angeles

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

*December 9th, 1882, Los Angeles †June 16th, 1915, Los Angeles

27

Leah Lewis

American actress (born 1996)

*December 9th, 1996, Shanghai

65

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

*December 9th, 1868, Wrocław †January 29th, 1934, Basel

71

Joe McGinniss

American writer (1942-2014)

*December 9th, 1942, New York City †March 10th, 2014, Worcester

85

Léon Xanrof

French playwright and songwriter

*December 9th, 1867, 18th arrondissement of Paris †May 17th, 1953, Paris

37

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Swedish king (1594–1632; regent 1611–32)

*December 9th, 1594, Stockholm Palace †November 6th, 1632, Lützen

57

Kirsten Gillibrand

United States Senator from New York since 2009

*December 9th, 1966, Albany

43

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

49

Ernst Ogris

Austrian footballer (1967-2017)

*December 9th, 1967, Vienna †March 29th, 2017, Vienna

89

Elsie Hillman

American philanthropist and republican activist

*December 9th, 1925, Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania †August 4th, 2015, Pittsburgh

36

Hikaru Nakamura

American chess player

*December 9th, 1987, Hirakata

68

James Rainwater

American physicist

*December 9th, 1917, Council †May 31st, 1986, New York City

29

Francisco Garrigos

Spanish judoka (1994-)

*December 9th, 1994, Móstoles

43

Verónika Mendoza

Peruvian politician left wing party

*December 9th, 1980, Cuzco

32

Choi Min-ho

South Korean rapper

*December 9th, 1991, Incheon

25

Famke Louise

Dutch vlogger, model and singer

*December 9th, 1998, Amsterdam

40

Richard Lovelace

English writer and poet (1617-1658)

*December 9th, 1617, Woolwich †April 1st, 1658, City of London

74

Broderick Crawford

American actor (1911–1986)

*December 9th, 1911, Philadelphia †April 26th, 1986, Rancho Mirage

90

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

American actor and United States naval officer (1909–2000)

*December 9th, 1909, New York City †May 7th, 2000, New York City

35

Kwadwo Asamoah

Ghanaian footballer

*December 9th, 1988, Accra

95

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

President of Italy from 1999 to 2006

*December 9th, 1920, Livorno †September 16th, 2016, Rome

55

Kurt Angle

American professional wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist

*December 9th, 1968, Mt. Lebanon

53

Anna Gavalda

French author

*December 9th, 1970, Boulogne-Billancourt

45

Jesse Metcalfe

American actor

*December 9th, 1978, Carmel Valley Village

23

Diāna Ņikitina

Latvian figure skater

*December 9th, 2000, Riga

83

Robert Livingston

American actor (1904-1988)

*December 9th, 1904, Quincy †March 7th, 1988, Tarzana

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Leap year

Yes: 1008 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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