December 9th, 1916

Born on December 9th, 1916

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, 1916

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916-2020)

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

77

Dieter Andersen

German theologian

*December 9th, 1916, Wilhelmshaven †June 17th, 1994, Kaliningrad

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61

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

58

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

69

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

83

Robert Livingston

American actor (1904-1988)

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

65

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

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

60

Felicity Huffman

American actress

*December 9th, 1962, Bedford

68

Jean-Claude Juncker

Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the European Commission (born 1954)

*December 9th, 1954, Redange

53

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

72

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

96

Joyce Redman

Anglo-Irish actress (1915-2012)

*December 9th, 1915, County Mayo †May 10th, 2012, Kent

88

Judi Dench

English actress

*December 9th, 1934, York

51

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

89

Elsie Hillman

American philanthropist and republican activist

*December 9th, 1925, Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania †August 4th, 2015, Pittsburgh

35

Hikaru Nakamura

American chess player

*December 9th, 1987, Port Moresby

74

Broderick Crawford

American actor (1911–1986)

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

90

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German opera soprano

*December 9th, 1915, Jarocin †August 3rd, 2006, Schruns

95

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

10th President of Italy

*December 9th, 1920, Livorno †September 16th, 2016, Rome

89

Carol Dempster

American actress (1901–1991)

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

65

John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

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

74

Deacon Jones

American football player (1938-2013)

*December 9th, 1938, Eatonville †June 3rd, 2013, Anaheim

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Born in 1916

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

71

Jackie Gleason

American comedian and actor (1916-1987)

*February 26th, 1916, Brooklyn †June 24th, 1987, Fort Lauderdale

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

101

Harry Huskey

American computer design pioneer (1916-2017)

*January 19th, 1916, Whittier †April 9th, 2017, Santa Cruz

88

Francis Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

*June 8th, 1916, Northampton †July 28th, 2004, La Jolla

79

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995

*October 26th, 1916, Jarnac †January 8th, 1996, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Elizabeth Russell

American actress (1916-2002)

*August 2nd, 1916, Philadelphia †May 4th, 2002, Los Angeles

73

Arnaud d'Usseau

American screenwriter

*April 18th, 1916, Los Angeles †January 29th, 1990, New York City

74

Roald Dahl

British writer and poet (1916–1990)

*September 13th, 1916, Llandaff †November 23rd, 1990, Oxford

89

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

87

Nasiba Zeynalova

Azerbaijani actress

*April 20th, 1916, Baku †March 10th, 2004, Baku

97

Ramón José Velásquez

Venezuelan politician, lawyer and historian

*November 28th, 1916, Táchira †June 24th, 2014, Caracas

84

Joseph O'Conor

Anglo-Irish actor and playwright

*February 14th, 1916, Dublin †January 21st, 2001, London

77

Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr.

American journalist

*December 4th, 1916, New York City †May 28th, 1994, Holyoke

79

Harold Wilson

British politician

*March 11th, 1916, Huddersfield †May 24th, 1995, London

104

Olivia de Havilland

English and American actress (1916–2020)

*July 1st, 1916, Tokyo †July 26th, 2020, 16th arrondissement of Paris

71

Ralph Nelson

American film and television director

*August 12th, 1916, Queens †December 21st, 1987, Santa Monica

85

Camilo José Cela

Spanish novelist (1916-2002)

*May 11th, 1916, Iria Flavia †January 17th, 2002, Madrid

93

Robert Laffont

French book publisher (1916-2010)

*November 30th, 1916, Marseille †May 19th, 2010, Neuilly-sur-Seine

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

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Leap year

Yes: 1916 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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