About December 9

December 9, 2025 is the 343rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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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 70 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On December 9

  • 730 –
    Battle of Marj Ardabil: the Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Djarrah ibn Abdullah
  • 1775 –
    American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
  • 1824 –
    Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
  • 1851 –
    The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.
  • 1875 –
    The Massachusetts Rifle Association, “America’s Oldest Active Gun Club”, is founded.
  • 1905 –
    In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1958 –
    The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
  • 1960 –
    The first episode of the world’s longest-running television soap opera Coronation Street is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
  • 1962 –
    The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
  • 1966 –
    Barbados joins the United Nations.
  • 1971 –
    The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations.
  • 1979 –
    The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
  • 1988 –
    The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened.
  • 2003 –
    A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.

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