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December 9 Events in History - December 9 Birthdays - December 9 Deaths
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December 9, 2000 Supreme Court halts Florida vote recount December 9, 1995 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB) December 9, 1994 5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth December 9, 1994 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments December 9, 1993 "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 165 performances December 9, 1993 Ivory Coast Premier Ouattara resigns December 9, 1992 3rd Billboard Music Awards December 9, 1992 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks December 9, 1992 Operation Restore Hope - U.S. Marines land in Somalia December 9, 1992 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts) December 9, 1992 New Jersey Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, and white for the 1992-93 season December 9, 1991 2nd Billboard Music Awards December 9, 1990 Betsy King wins Itoman LPGA World Match Play Golf Championship December 9, 1990 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3k ladies (4:10.80) December 9, 1990 Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14 December 9, 1990 Lech Walesa wins presidental election in Poland December 9, 1990 NFL New York Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard December 9, 1989 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne December 9, 1988 New York Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M December 9, 1987 Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws December 9, 1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank December 9, 1985 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63) December 9, 1985 Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions December 9, 1985 Phoenix Arizona, gets 3 inches of snow December 9, 1984 59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63) December 9, 1984 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends December 9, 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site December 9, 1984 Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane December 9, 1984 LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards December 9, 1984 Vicki Alvarez/Mike McDonald wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 9, 1983 Att Gen Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" December 9, 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site December 9, 1982 Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce December 9, 1980 61 degrees F in Boston at 1 AM December 9, 1979 Murle Breer/Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 9, 1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus December 9, 1978 1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does December 9, 1975 Jelena Bonner receives Andrei Sacharov's Nobel Prize December 9, 1975 President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for New York City December 9, 1974 Dow Jones index hits 570.01 December 9, 1974 Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ December 9, 1974 Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail December 9, 1973 "Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 65 performances December 9, 1973 Bruno Sammartino beats Stan Stasiak in NY, to become WWF champ December 9, 1973 Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland December 9, 1971 Lewis F Powell, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court December 9, 1970 Dutch Antilles: government of Petronia falls December 9, 1968 KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting December 9, 1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace December 9, 1967 Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House December 9, 1967 Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania December 9, 1965 "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres December 9, 1965 Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles December 9, 1965 Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium December 9, 1963 Frank Sinatra Jr. is kidnapped December 9, 1963 Zanzibar gains independence from Britain December 9, 1962 "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway December 9, 1962 Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth December 9, 1961 "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 87 performances December 9, 1961 "Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 68 performances December 9, 1961 SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel December 9, 1961 Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania December 9, 1961 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY December 9, 1960 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV December 9, 1958 Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society December 9, 1957 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel December 9, 1954 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad December 9, 1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired December 9, 1953 Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty mins December 9, 1951 Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ December 9, 1949 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty December 9, 1949 NFL merges Cleveland Browns, San Francisco '49ers and Baltimore Colts from AAFC December 9, 1948 U.N. General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide December 9, 1941 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines December 9, 1941 300 Montgomery, San Francisco opens as new Bank of America HQ December 9, 1941 7th Heisman Trophy Award: Bruce Smith, Minnesota (HB) December 9, 1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy December 9, 1941 Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" December 9, 1941 Hitler orders U.S. ships torpedoed December 9, 1940 British assault on Banghazi Libya December 9, 1940 British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II December 9, 1940 Illeagal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius December 9, 1940 South Australia all out for 47 vs. NSW, O'Reilly 5-11 December 9, 1939 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7 December 9, 1939 Russian air raid on Helsinki December 9, 1936 AL OKs night baseball for St. Louis December 9, 1936 Australia all out 58 vs. Eng Bradman out for a duck December 9, 1934 New York Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship December 9, 1933 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3 December 9, 1933 Romania disallows fascist Iron Guard December 9, 1931 Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in New York City December 9, 1931 Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol December 9, 1931 Spain becomes a republic December 9, 1931 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers December 9, 1926 USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs December 9, 1925 AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raise to $40,000 December 9, 1925 Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Bears beat Giants before 73,000 December 9, 1924 Dutch and Hungary trade treaty signed December 9, 1924 Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president December 9, 1922 Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president December 9, 1918 French troops occupies Mainz December 9, 1917 British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem December 9, 1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris December 9, 1913 John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League December 9, 1910 French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir December 9, 1909 1st U.S. monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, New York) December 9, 1907 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office) December 9, 1907 Gustav Mahler departs Vienna December 9, 1906 NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo December 9, 1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state December 9, 1905 Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden December 9, 1903 Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage December 9, 1902 AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY December 9, 1900 Dutch President Paul Kruger and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession December 9, 1894 Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium December 9, 1889 President Harrison visits opening of Chicago Auditorium December 9, 1884 Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate December 9, 1883 New Brunswick adopts Eastern Standard Time (until 1902) December 9, 1878 Joseph Pulitzer buys St. Louis Dispatch for $2,500 December 9, 1869 Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia December 9, 1868 1st British government of Gladstone forms December 9, 1861 Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) December 9, 1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published December 9, 1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal) December 9, 1842 St. M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg December 9, 1824 Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain December 9, 1805 Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 AUs of Earth December 9, 1793 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva December 9, 1783 1st execution at English Newgate-jail December 9, 1762 British parliament accept Treaty of Paris December 9, 1747 England and Netherlands sign military treaty December 9, 1738 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia December 9, 1724 Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London December 9, 1688 King James II's wife and son flee England for France December 9, 1658 Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India December 9, 1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin December 9, 1625 Netherlands and England sign military treaty December 9, 1570 Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein December 9, 1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven December 9, 1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society) December 9, 1212 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king December 9, 656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion December 9, 536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten |