December 9th, 1735

Born on December 9th, 1735

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on December 9th, 1735

82

Maddalena Laura Sirmen

Italian composer (1745–1818)

*December 9th, 1735, Venice †May 18th, 1818, Venice

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Who's birthday is on December 9th?

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

43

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

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

65

John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

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

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

62

Johann Ludwig von Eckardt

German jurist

*December 9th, 1737, Coburg †December 2nd, 1800, Jena

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

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

50

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, Trieste

52

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

65

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

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

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

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

75

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi

Italian opera composer (1728–1804)

*December 9th, 1728, Massa †November 19th, 1804, Rome

85

Léon Xanrof

French playwright and songwriter

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

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Born in 1735

90

John Adams

President of the United States from 1797 to 1801

*October 30th, 1735, Braintree †July 4th, 1826, Quincy

46

Johann Christian Bach

German composer (1735–1782)

*September 5th, 1735, Leipzig †January 1st, 1782, London

83

Paul Revere

American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution

*January 1st, 1735, Boston †May 10th, 1818, Boston

85

François Christophe de Kellermann

French soldier (1735-1820)

*May 28th, 1735, Strasbourg †September 23rd, 1820, Paris

69

Francesco La Vega

Spanish classical archaeologist and architect

*June 25th, 1735, Rome †December 24th, 1804, Portici

66

Ignacy Krasicki

Polish writer and poet, Catholic archbishop

*February 3rd, 1735, Dubiecko †March 14th, 1801, Berlin

61

Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Danish politician (1735-1797)

*August 28th, 1735, Hanover †June 21st, 1797, Copenhagen

48

Caspar Wolf

Swiss painter (1735-1783)

*May 3rd, 1735, Muri †October 6th, 1783, Heidelberg

55

Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

German princess (1735-1791)

*June 24th, 1735, Coburg †February 18th, 1791, Unterschwaningen

70

Elise Reimarus

German scholar (1735-1805)

*January 22nd, 1735, Hamburg †September 4th, 1805, Hamburg

79

Bernardo de Iriarte

Spanish diplomat (1735-1814)

*February 18th, 1735, Puerto de la Cruz †July 13th, 1814, Bordeaux

80

John Carroll

First Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States

*January 8th, 1735, Upper Marlboro †December 3rd, 1815, Baltimore

74

Jérôme Champion de Cicé

French politician

*September 3rd, 1735, Rennes †August 19th, 1810, Aix-en-Provence

70

Friedrich August Brand

Austrian artist (1735-1806)

*December 20th, 1735, Vienna †October 9th, 1806, Vienna

74

August Ludwig von Schlözer

German historian

*July 5th, 1735, Kirchberg an der Jagst †September 9th, 1809, Göttingen

83

Hugh Williamson

American politician (1735-1819)

*December 5th, 1735, Chester County †May 22nd, 1819, New York City

54

Jeremiah Meyer

German-born British artist (1735-1789)

*January 18th, 1735, Tübingen †January 19th, 1789, Kew

77

Granville Sharp

English abolitionist (1735-1813)

*November 10th, 1735, Durham †July 6th, 1813, London

61

Juliane Charlotte Friederike Grimm

(1735-1796)

*August 3rd, 1735, Hanau †December 18th, 1796, Steinau an der Straße

75

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

British noble (1735-1811)

*September 28th, 1735, London †March 14th, 1811, Euston Hall

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1735 is a normal year and no leap year.

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