December 9th, 1901

Born on December 9th, 1901

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, 1901

80

Lawrence Edward Watkin

American writer and film producer

*December 9th, 1901, New York City †December 16th, 1981, San Joaquin County

36

Ödön von Horváth

Austro-Hungarian writer

*December 9th, 1901, Rijeka †June 1st, 1938, avenue des Champs-Élysées

78

José Rodrigues Miguéis

Portuguese translator and writer (1901-1980)

*December 9th, 1901, Lisbon †October 27th, 1980, New York City

34

Jean Mermoz

French aviator

*December 9th, 1901, Aubenton †December 7th, 1936, Atlantic Ocean

89

Carol Dempster

American actress (1901–1991)

*December 9th, 1901, Duluth †February 1st, 1991, La Jolla

85

Robert-Jean Longuet

Karl Marx's great-grandson

*December 9th, 1901, Paris †March 19th, 1987, Paris

31

Aurora Calvo Hernández-Agero

Roman Catholic venerable

*December 9th, 1901, Béjar †November 22nd, 1933, Béjar

75

Raphael Lahoud

Argentine writer (1901-1977)

*December 9th, 1901, Chamat †May 15th, 1977

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62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

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

82

Margaret Hamilton

American film character actress (1902-1985)

*December 9th, 1902, Cleveland †May 16th, 1985, Salisbury

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

94

Joseph Needham

British biochemist, historian and sinologist (1900–1995)

*December 9th, 1900, London †March 24th, 1995, Cambridge

69

Jean-Claude Juncker

Luxembourgish politician who was president of the European Commission in the period 2014-2019 (8th european legislature)

*December 9th, 1954, Redange

70

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

83

Robert Livingston

American actor (1904-1988)

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

61

Felicity Huffman

American actress

*December 9th, 1962, Bedford

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

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

77

Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician

*December 9th, 1946, Lusiana

79

Rab Butler

British Conservative politician (1902–1982)

*December 9th, 1902, Attock Khurd †March 8th, 1982, Great Yeldham

54

Bixente Lizarazu

French association football player

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

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

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

74

Broderick Crawford

American actor (1911–1986)

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

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

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90

Marlene Dietrich

German and American actress and singer

*December 27th, 1901, Rote Insel †May 6th, 1992, 8th arrondissement of Paris

65

Walt Disney

American animator and producer (1901–1966)

*December 5th, 1901, Chicago †December 15th, 1966, Burbank

53

Enrico Fermi

Italian-American physicist (1901-1954)

*September 29th, 1901, Rome †November 28th, 1954, Chicago

45

Rudolf Höss

German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz

*November 25th, 1901, Baden-Baden †April 16th, 1947, Auschwitz I concentration camp

77

Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich

German historian of classical antiquity, author and children's writer (1901-1979)

*September 15th, 1901, Munich †June 16th, 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

87

Hermann Heimpel

German medievalist and historian (1901-1988)

*September 19th, 1901, Munich †December 23rd, 1988, Göttingen

28

Karl Otto Stegmann

German motocycle racer

*May 28th, 1901, Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge †April 30th, 1930, Czechoslovakia

76

Margaret Mead

American anthropologist

*December 16th, 1901, Philadelphia †November 15th, 1978, New York City

93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

98

Barbara Cartland

English writer and media personality (1901-2000)

*July 9th, 1901, Edgbaston †May 21st, 2000, Hatfield

74

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

*December 5th, 1901, Würzburg †February 1st, 1976, Munich

69

Louis Armstrong

American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

*August 4th, 1901, New Orleans †July 6th, 1971, New York City

69

Sukarno

1st President of the Republic of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967

*June 6th, 1901, Surabaya †June 21st, 1970, Jakarta

69

Ed Begley

American actor (1901–1970)

*March 25th, 1901, Hartford †April 28th, 1970, Hollywood

84

Jaroslav Seifert

Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate

*September 23rd, 1901, Žižkov †January 10th, 1986, Prague

60

Gary Cooper

American actor (1901–1961)

*May 7th, 1901, Helena †May 13th, 1961, Beverly Hills

47

Nora Gregor

Austrian actress

*February 3rd, 1901, Gorizia †January 20th, 1949, Viña del Mar

82

Lucienne Boyer

French singer (1901-1983)

*August 18th, 1901, 6th arrondissement of Paris †December 6th, 1983, 10th arrondissement of Paris

57

Ernst Müller

German association football player (1901-1958)

*July 13th, 1901, Berlin †September 13th, 1958

74

Pierre Bost

French writer (1901-1975)

*September 5th, 1901, Lasalle †December 6th, 1975, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1901 is a normal year and no leap year.

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