December 9th, 1759

Born on December 9th, 1759

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

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

43

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

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

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

58

Étienne Ozi

French musician

*December 9th, 1754, Nîmes †October 5th, 1813, Paris

52

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

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

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

85

Léon Xanrof

French playwright and songwriter

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

73

Joseph Desha

American politician (1768-1842)

*December 9th, 1768, Monroe County †October 11th, 1842, Georgetown

71

Joe McGinniss

American writer (1942-2014)

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

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45

Friedrich Schiller

German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright (1759–1805)

*November 10th, 1759, Marbach am Neckar †May 9th, 1805, Weimar

37

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries

38

Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

*April 27th, 1759, Spitalfields †September 10th, 1797, Somers Town

34

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris

73

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

*August 24th, 1759, Wilberforce House †July 29th, 1833, London

85

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg

46

William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

*May 28th, 1759, Kent †January 23rd, 1806, London

68

James Edward Smith

English botanist (1759-1828)

*December 2nd, 1759, Norwich †March 17th, 1828, Norwich

43

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician

*October 8th, 1759, Mutzig †April 18th, 1803, Strasbourg

81

Johann Georg von Dillis

German artist

*December 26th, 1759, Dorfen †September 28th, 1841, Munich

78

Thomas Andrew Knight

British botanist (1759-1838)

*August 12th, 1759, Ludlow †May 11th, 1838, London

45

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1759-1805)

*May 14th, 1759, Vienna †March 24th, 1805, Vienna

74

François Andrieux

French man of letters and playwright (1759-1833)

*May 6th, 1759, Strasbourg †May 10th, 1833, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

57

Christian Leberecht Vogel

German painter and art historian (1759-1816)

*April 6th, 1759, Dresden †April 11th, 1816, Dresden

64

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)

*May 15th, 1759, Vienna †February 1st, 1824, Vienna

56

Claude Lecourbe

French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1759-1815)

*February 22nd, 1759, Besançon †October 22nd, 1815, Belfort

39

Adrien Duport

French politician (1759-1798)

*February 24th, 1759, Paris †July 6th, 1798, Gais

51

Israel Smith

American judge and politician (1759–1810)

*April 4th, 1759, Suffield †December 2nd, 1810, Rutland

65

Friedrich August Wolf

German philologist

*February 15th, 1759, Hainrode †August 8th, 1824, Marseille

54

Markus Vetsch

(1759-1813)

*September 21st, 1759, Grabs †December 19th, 1813, Grabs

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No: With 365 days 1759 is a normal year and no leap year.

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