December 9th, 1902

Born on December 9th, 1902

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, 1902

82

Margaret Hamilton

American film character actress (1902-1985)

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

79

Rab Butler

British Conservative politician (1902–1982)

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

59

John Willie

English photographer and bondage artist

*December 9th, 1902, Singapore †August 5th, 1962, England

72

Oliver Emert

Set decorator (1902-1975)

*December 9th, 1902, Los Angeles †August 13th, 1975, Oxnard

84

Paolo Vigna

Italian association football player (1902-1987)

*December 9th, 1902, Turin †November 20th, 1987

91

Raymond Las Vergnas

French university professor

*December 9th, 1902, Saint-Junien †March 26th, 1994

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Who's birthday is on December 9th?

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

80

Lawrence Edward Watkin

American writer and film producer

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

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

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

83

Robert Livingston

American actor (1904-1988)

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

36

Ödön von Horváth

Austro-Hungarian writer

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

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

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

77

Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician

*December 9th, 1946, Lusiana

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

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

94

Joseph Needham

British biochemist, historian and sinologist (1900–1995)

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

78

José Rodrigues Miguéis

Portuguese translator and writer (1901-1980)

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

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

74

Broderick Crawford

American actor (1911–1986)

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

85

Grace Hopper

American computer scientist and United States Navy officer

*December 9th, 1906, New York City †January 1st, 1992, Arlington County

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

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39

Harald Lie

Norwegian composer

*November 21st, 1902, Oslo †May 23rd, 1942, Oslo

101

Denise Colomb

French photographer

*April 1st, 1902, 10th arrondissement of Paris †January 1st, 2004, Paris

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

82

Paul Dirac

British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)

*August 8th, 1902, Bristol †October 20th, 1984, Tallahassee

66

John Steinbeck

American writer

*February 27th, 1902, Salinas †December 20th, 1968, Harlem

66

Thelma Ritter

American actress and vaudevillian (1902-1969)

*February 14th, 1902, Brooklyn †February 5th, 1969, New York City

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

*December 19th, 1902, Cheltenham †October 10th, 1983, London

74

Carlo Gambino

American mobster

*August 24th, 1902, Palermo †October 15th, 1976, Massapequa

72

Jan Tschichold

Graphic designer (1902–1974)

*April 2nd, 1902, Leipzig †August 11th, 1974, Locarno

92

Karl Popper

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and political philosopher noted for falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)

*July 28th, 1902, Vienna †September 17th, 1994, Kenley

90

Barbara McClintock

American scientist and cytogeneticist

*June 16th, 1902, Hartford †September 2nd, 1992, Huntington

72

Charles Lindbergh

American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist

*February 4th, 1902, Detroit †August 26th, 1974, Kipahulu

85

Shen Congwen

Chinese writer（1902-1988）

*December 28th, 1902, Fenghuang County †May 10th, 1988, Beijing

85

Josef Grohé

Gauleiter of Cologne (1902-1987)

*November 6th, 1902, Gemünden †December 27th, 1987, Brück

68

Max Abegglen

Swiss footballer (1902-1970)

*April 11th, 1902, Neuchâtel †August 25th, 1970, Zermatt

77

Paul Nevermann

German politician (1902-1979)

*February 5th, 1902, Klein Flottbek †March 22nd, 1979, Puerto de la Cruz

95

Halldór Laxness

Icelandic author (1902-1998)

*April 23rd, 1902, Reykjavík †February 8th, 1998, Mosfellsbær

65

Langston Hughes

American writer and social activist

*February 1st, 1902, Joplin †May 22nd, 1967, New York City

86

Georgy Malenkov

Soviet politician (1901–1988)

*January 8th, 1902, Orenburg †January 14th, 1988, Moscow

81

Alfred Kastler

French physicist

*May 3rd, 1902, Guebwiller †January 7th, 1984, Bandol

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1902 is a normal year and no leap year.

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