December 9th, 1878

Born on December 9th, 1878

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, 1878

67

Georges Malfait

French athlete

*December 9th, 1878, Roubaix †December 7th, 1946, Roubaix

71

John Holloway

Irish-British decathlete

*December 9th, 1878, Tipperary †October 15th, 1950, Topeka

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62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

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

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

65

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

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

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

85

Léon Xanrof

French playwright and songwriter

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

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

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

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

77

Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician

*December 9th, 1946, Lusiana

54

Bixente Lizarazu

French association football player

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

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

85

Lili Marberg

Austrian stage actress (1876-1962)

*December 9th, 1876, Grimma †April 8th, 1962, Vienna

65

John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

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

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

52

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

66

Joaquín Turina

Spanish composer

*December 9th, 1882, Seville †January 14th, 1949, Madrid

71

Joe McGinniss

American writer (1942-2014)

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

68

James Rainwater

American physicist

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

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Born in 1878

81

Dorothea Douglass

English tennis and badminton player

*September 3rd, 1878, Ealing †January 7th, 1960, Kensington

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)

*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding

87

Marie-Elisabeth Lüders

German politician (1878–1966)

*June 25th, 1878, Berlin †March 23rd, 1966, West Berlin

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

64

Janusz Korczak

Polish educator (1878-1942)

*July 22nd, 1878, Warsaw †August 7th, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp

89

Carl Sandburg

American writer and editor

*January 6th, 1878, Galesburg †July 22nd, 1967, Flat Rock

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

87

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City

51

Gustav Stresemann

German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1878-1929)

*May 10th, 1878, Berlin †October 3rd, 1929, Berlin

98

Eileen Gray

Irish architect and designer (1878-1976)

*August 9th, 1878, Enniscorthy †October 31st, 1976, 14th arrondissement of Paris

56

Erich Mühsam

German-Jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934)

*April 6th, 1878, Berlin †July 10th, 1934, Oranienburg concentration camp

51

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer

*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet

48

Albert Corey

French long distance runner (1878-1926)

*April 16th, 1878, Meursault †August 3rd, 1926, Paris

77

Paul Renner

German type designer (1878–1959)

*August 9th, 1878, Wernigerode †April 25th, 1956, Überlingen

89

Lise Meitner

Austrian-Swedish physicist

*November 7th, 1878, Vienna †October 27th, 1968, Cambridge

87

Martin Buber

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem

74

Julia Dean

Actress (1878-1952)

*May 13th, 1878, Saint Paul †October 17th, 1952, Hollywood

45

Pancho Villa

Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923)

*June 5th, 1878, San Juan del Río, Durango †July 20th, 1923, Hidalgo del Parral

73

Owen Johnson

American novelist and short story writer

*August 27th, 1878, New York City †January 27th, 1952, Massachusetts

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1878 is a normal year and no leap year.

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