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
- 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.
- 1851 –The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1856 –The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
- 1897 –Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde, in Paris.
- 1905 –In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
- 1911 –A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners in spite of rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
- 1922 –Gabriel Narutowicz is announced the first president of Poland.
- 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.
- 1946 –The “Subsequent Nuremberg Trials” begin with the “Doctors’ Trial”, prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
- 1960 –The first episode of the world’s longest-running television soap opera Coronation Street is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
- 1965 –The Kecksburg UFO incident: a fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that it examined the object.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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