You might be wondering what is special about this date. There are a number of historic events that happened on December 9, sure to pique your interest.
- 1879 – Thomas Edison organized the Edison Ore Milling Company.
- 1897 – Activist Marguerite Durand founded the feminist daily newspaper.
- 1900 – President Paul Kruger of South Africa’s Transvaal & Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had a procession.
- 1939 – Russian air raid on Helsinki.
- 1941 – China declared war on Japan, Germany, and Italy.
- 1941 – 300 Montgomery, San Francisco opens as new Bank of America HQ.
- 1941 – Adolf Hitler ordered that US ships be torpedoed.
- 1957 – 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel.
- 1960 – The longest-running TV soap opera, Coronation Street, aired its first episode.
- 1960 – Sperry Rand Corporation unveiled a new computer known as “Univac 1107.”
- 1965 – The popular animated musical special about Christmas by Charlie Brown aired on TV for the first time.
- 1973 – Arab oil ministers announced a further production cut of 5 percent for non-friendly countries.
- 1975 – US President Gerald Ford signed a $2.3 Billion loan authorization for NYC.
- 1978 – The first game of the Women’s Pro Basketball League was played between the Chicago Hustle and the Milwaukee Does.
- 1979 – The World Health Organization officially certified the eradication of smallpox.
- 1983 – NATO foreign ministers called on the Soviet Union to join in a “comprehensive political dialogue” to ease tensions in the world.
- 1987 – Larry Bird ended a streak of 59 consecutive free throws.
- 2006 -Moscow suffered its worst fire since 1977, killing 45 women in a drug rehabilitation center.
- 2012 – English astronomer and television host, Patrick Moore died on this day.
- 2015 – Attack on Kandahar airport by Taliban forces, killing at least 37 people.