December 9th, 1937

Born on December 9th, 1937

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 31,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 9th, 1937?

December 9th, 1937

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Yasuhiko Asaka launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanking.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War

What else 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 9th

Born on December 9th, 1937

86

Fanny Mandelbaum

Argentinian journalist

*December 9th, 1937, Buenos Aires

76

Roger Blay

Canadian actor

*December 9th, 1937, Sherbrooke †July 24th, 2014, Montreal

77

Bertrice Small

American writer

*December 9th, 1937, Manhattan †February 24th, 2015, Southold

86

Burke Byrnes

American actor

*December 9th, 1937, Oceanside

86

Mary Downing Hahn

American children's writer

*December 9th, 1937, College Park

79

Aleshia Brevard

Author (1937-2017)

*December 9th, 1937, East Tennessee †July 1st, 2017, Scotts Valley

60

Darwin Joston

American actor (1937-1998)

*December 9th, 1937, Winston-Salem †June 1st, 1998, Winston-Salem

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 9th?

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

77

Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician

*December 9th, 1946, Lusiana

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

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

71

Joe McGinniss

American writer (1942-2014)

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

61

Felicity Huffman

American actress

*December 9th, 1962, Bedford

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

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

54

Bixente Lizarazu

French association football player

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

52

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

89

Irma Serrano

Mexican singer, actress, politician, theatre entrepreneur and author (1933–2023)

*December 9th, 1933, Comitán de Domínguez †March 1st, 2023, Chiapas

74

Deacon Jones

American football player (1938-2013)

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

89

Elsie Hillman

American philanthropist and republican activist

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

82

Beau Bridges

American actor

*December 9th, 1941, Hollywood

88

Noel Price

Canadian ice hockey player

*December 9th, 1935, Brockville

59

John Cassavetes

Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929-1989)

*December 9th, 1929, New York City †February 3rd, 1989, Los Angeles

57

Kirsten Gillibrand

United States Senator from New York since 2009

*December 9th, 1966, Albany

Same year
Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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