About December 9

December 9, 2021 is the 343rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

What Happened On December 9

  • 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.
  • 1888 –
    Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department.
  • 1931 –
    The Constituent Cortes approves the constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
  • 1935 –
    Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in gangland murder.
  • 1941 –
    World War II: The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
  • 1946 –
    The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
  • 1953 –
    Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
  • 1956 –
    Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
  • 1958 –
    The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
  • 1962 –
    The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
  • 1966 –
    Barbados joins the United Nations.
  • 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 –
    Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
  • 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.

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