December 9th, 1907

Born on December 9th, 1907

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, 1907

77

Max Deuring

German mathematician (1907-1984)

*December 9th, 1907, Göttingen †December 20th, 1984, Göttingen

68

Fernando María Castiella y Maíz

Spanish diplomat

*December 9th, 1907, Bilbao †November 25th, 1976, Madrid

71

Charles Bartsch

Belgian conductor (1907-1979)

*December 9th, 1907, Liège †April 22nd, 1979, Menton

70

Ernest Marples

British Conservative party politician (1907-1978)

*December 9th, 1907, Levenshulme †July 6th, 1978, Monaco

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Who's birthday is on December 9th?

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

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

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

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

85

Grace Hopper

American computer scientist and United States Navy officer

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

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

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

74

Broderick Crawford

American actor (1911–1986)

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

83

Robert Livingston

American actor (1904-1988)

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

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

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

68

James Rainwater

American physicist

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

32

Elmer Booth

American actor (1882-1915)

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

71

Karl Maria Schley

German actor

*December 9th, 1908, Cologne †March 11th, 1980

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

80

Lawrence Edward Watkin

American writer and film producer

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

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Born in 1907

47

Frida Kahlo

Mexican painter (1907–1954)

*July 6th, 1907, Mexico City †July 13th, 1954, Mexico City

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

*June 15th, 1907, Lewisham †July 2nd, 1975, Romsey

85

Henry Heerup

Danish sculptor, painter and composer (1907-1993)

*November 4th, 1907, Copenhagen †May 30th, 1993, Copenhagen

86

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

72

John Wayne

American actor (1907–1979)

*May 26th, 1907, Winterset †June 11th, 1979, Westwood

94

Astrid Lindgren

Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)

*November 14th, 1907, Vimmerby Parish †January 28th, 2002, Gustav Vasa parish

56

Rachel Carson

American marine biologist and conservationist

*May 27th, 1907, Rachel Carson Homestead †April 14th, 1964, Silver Spring

96

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

74

Jack Albertson

American character actor, dancer, singer and comedian

*June 16th, 1907, Malden †November 25th, 1981, Hollywood

82

Laurence Olivier

British actor (1907–1989)

*May 22nd, 1907, Dorking †July 11th, 1989, West Sussex

93

Arlene Francis

American actress and television host (1907–2001)

*October 20th, 1907, Boston †May 31st, 2001, San Francisco

71

Ita Rina

Slovenian actress (1907-1979)

*July 7th, 1907, Divača †May 10th, 1979, Budva

52

Paul Douglas

American actor (1907-1959)

*April 11th, 1907, Philadelphia †September 11th, 1959, Hollywood

87

Joan Harrison

English film producer and screenwriter (1907-1994)

*June 26th, 1907, Guildford †August 14th, 1994, London

75

James Hayter

British actor

*April 23rd, 1907, Lonavala †March 27th, 1983, La Vila Joiosa

38

Russell Gleason

American actor (1907-1945)

*February 6th, 1907, Portland †December 26th, 1945, New York City

75

Jacques Tati

French filmmaker (1907-1982)

*October 9th, 1907, Le Pecq †November 5th, 1982, Paris

36

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

German army officer and aristocrat

*November 15th, 1907, Jettingen-Scheppach †July 21st, 1944, Bendlerblock

82

Barbara Stanwyck

American actress (1907–1990)

*July 16th, 1907, Brooklyn †January 20th, 1990, Santa Monica

104

Oscar Niemeyer

Brazilian architect (1907-2012)

*December 15th, 1907, Rio de Janeiro †December 5th, 2012, Rio de Janeiro

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Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 9th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1907 is a normal year and no leap year.

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