December 9th, 1951

Born on December 9th, 1951

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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, 1951

63

Dominique Dropsy

French footballer (1951-2015)

*December 9th, 1951, Leuze †October 7th, 2015, Blanquefort

72

Angelika Milster

German actress

*December 9th, 1951, Neustrelitz

72

Louison Danis

Canadian actress

*December 9th, 1951, Ottawa

69

Dragan Pantelić

Serbian footballer

*December 9th, 1951, Lešnica †October 20th, 2021, Niš

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Who's birthday is on December 9th?

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

70

John Malkovich

American actor

*December 9th, 1953, Christopher

73

Joan Armatrading

British musician

*December 9th, 1950, Basseterre

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

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

77

Sonia Gandhi

Indian politician

*December 9th, 1946, Lusiana

54

Sebastian Spence

Canadian actor

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

61

Felicity Huffman

American actress

*December 9th, 1962, Bedford

54

Bixente Lizarazu

French association football player

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

71

Michael Dorn

American actor

*December 9th, 1952, Luling

89

Judi Dench

English actress (born 1934)

*December 9th, 1934, York

71

Joe McGinniss

American writer (1942-2014)

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

52

Geoff Barrow

British musician and instrumentalist for the band Portishead

*December 9th, 1971, Walton in Gordano

73

Alan Sorrenti

Italian recording artist; musician

*December 9th, 1950, Naples

103

Kirk Douglas

American stage and film actor (1916–2020)

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

71

Liaqat Baloch

Pakistani politician

*December 9th, 1952, Muzaffargarh

75

Gioconda Belli

Nicaraguan writer

*December 9th, 1948, Managua

57

Kirsten

United States Senator from New York since 2009

*December 9th, 1966, Albany

69

Mary Fallin

27th Governor of Oklahoma

*December 9th, 1954, Warrensburg

43

Simon Helberg

American actor and comedian

*December 9th, 1980, Los Angeles

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Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

72

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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