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| About December 9th is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1916 - Kirk Douglas, actor (The Bad and the Beautiful) 1922 - Redd Foxx, actor, comedian (Sanford and Son) 1932 - Bill Hartack, Hall of Fame jockey 1933 - Morton Downey, Jr., television talk show host 1934 - Junior Wells, blues vocalist, harmonica player 1938 - Deacon Jones, Hall of Fame defensive end 1942 - Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker 1962 - Felicity Huffman, actress (Desperate Housewives) 1966 - Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (New York) Deaths 1669 - Pope Clement IX, (Pope from 1667 to 1669) 1978 - Ed Healey, Hall of Fame offensive tackle 2006 - Georgia Gibbs, singer (Your Hit Parade) Events 1835 - In the War for independence from Mexico, a Texan army captures the city of San Antonio. 1907 - Christmas seals go on sale at the Wilmington, Delaware post office for the first time with the proceeds going to fight tuberculosis. 1958 - The John Birch Society is founded. 1975 - President Gerald Ford signed a $2.3 billion loan authorization to prevent New York City from having to default. 1992 - 1,800 United States Marines land in Mogadishu, Somalia, to help restore order to the country. 1992 - The separation of Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Princess Diana, is announced. 1993 - The first of 500 Minuteman II missles are destroyed in agreement with the arms-control treaty. 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt in the Florida presidential vote count. 2008 - Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois is arrested by federal officials on charges of attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat of Barack Obama. |
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