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Day Of The Week: December 9
December 9, 2024 is the 344th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 9
- 1425 –The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
- 1835 –The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
- 1851 –The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1897 –Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris.
- 1935 –Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder.
- 1940 –World War II: Operation Compass – British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
- 1946 –The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
- 1953 –Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
- 1979 –The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
- 2003 –A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
Who were born on December 9?
- 1917 –James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
- 1930 –Buck Henry, American actor
- 1931 –William Reynolds, American actor
- 1940 –Clancy Eccles, Jamaican Reggae Musician (d. 2005)
- 1946 –Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician
- 1960 –Terry Moran, American TV reporter
- 1961 –Joe Lando, American actor
- 1966 –Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician
- 1983 –Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
- 1990 –LaFee, German singer
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