About 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 this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 51 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On December 9

  • 1425 –
    The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
  • 1531 –
    The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
  • 1793 –
    New York City’s first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
  • 1835 –
    The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
  • 1856 –
    The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
  • 1861 –
    American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
  • 1875 –
    The Massachusetts Rifle Association, “America’s Oldest Active Gun Club”, is founded.
  • 1911 –
    A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners in spite of rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
  • 1917 –
    World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem.
  • 1931 –
    The Constituent Cortes approves the constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
  • 1937 –
    Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing – Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing.
  • 1941 –
    World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
  • 1941 –
    World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
  • 1950 –
    Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
  • 1961 –
    The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with verdicts of guilty on 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
  • 1969 –
    United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
  • 1971 –
    The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations.
  • 1973 –
    British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
  • 1988 –
    The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened.
  • 2000 –
    The Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount.

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