What Happened On December 9

What Happened On Dec 9 Timeline

1775 Dec 9 Battle Of Great Bridge
The Battle of Great Bridge was fought December 9, 1775, in the area of Chesapeake, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. The victory by the Continental Army was responsible for...
1861 Dec 9 Battle of Chusto-Talasah
The Battle of Chusto-Talasah (also known as Bird Creek, Caving Banks, and High Shoal) was fought December 9, 1861, in what is now Tulsa County, Oklahoma (then Indian Territory) during the...
1940 Dec 9 Fantasia is released
Fantasia is a 1940 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and the third film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Fantasia features animation set to classical music and...
1940 Dec 9 Tom Harmon Wins Heisman Trophy
In his three seasons, old ninety-eight scored 33 touchdowns, kicked two field goals and kicked 33 points after touchdowns for 237 points, and threw 16 touchdown passes. He gained 3,438 ya...
1941 Dec 9 Bruce Smith Wins Heisman Trophy
The handsome Minnesota halfback, who received his Heisman Trophy two days after Pearl Harbor, was voted the best college player in the All-Star game that year at Chicago. The spearhead of...
1943 Dec 9 German Forces Fall Back from San Leandro Following Successful Ally Crossing of Moro River
By the morning of 9 December, the RCE had completed the bridge across the Moro River, enabling the tanks of the King's Own Calgary Regiment (Calgary Tanks) to transport two companies of S...
1946 Dec 9
to 1947 Aug 20
 Doctors' Trial (officially United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al.)
The Doctors' Trial (officially United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al.) was the first of 12 trials for war crimes that the United States authorities held in their occupation zone ...
1950 Dec 9 "Los Olvidados" Is Released
Los Olvidados (The Forgotten Ones) is a 1950 Mexican film directed by Spanish-Mexican filmaker Luis Buñuel. Óscar Dancigers, the producer, asked Buñuel to direct this film after the su...
1954 Dec 9 Alan Ameche Wins Heisman Trophy
This stampeding fullback in 37 games in four years scored 25 touchdowns gained 3,345 scrimmage yards and was mainly responsible for the Badgers' 26 victories during 1951-54. His ability t...
1956 Dec 9 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Crash
An east-bound Trans-Canada Air Lines plane vanished Sunday night with 62 persons aboard ini turbulent weather over the mountains of southwest British Columbia. No trace of the plane has y...
1959 Dec 9 Billy Cannon Wins Heisman Trophy
William Abb "Billy" Cannon (born August 2, 1937) is an All-American, 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and 2008 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame from Louisiana State University in...
1965 Dec 9 "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Premieres
A Charlie Brown Christmas is the first prime-time animated TV special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It was produced and directed by former Warner Bros. and UPA...
1965 Dec 9 Kecksburg UFO Incident
The train of the Great Lakes Fireball, seen across at least six states and Ontario, that started the Kecksburg 'UFO crash' story. Photo taken 9 December 1965 4:43 p.m. E.S.T. by Richard C...
1966 Dec 9 Cream Releases "Fresh Cream"
Fresh Cream is Cream's December 1966 debut album. It was the first LP release of producer Robert Stigwood's new "Independent" Reaction Records label. It reached number 6 in the UK in Febr...
1967 Dec 9 Cream Releases "Disraeli Gears"
Disraeli Gears is the second album by British blues-rock group Cream. It was released in November 1967 and went on to reach #5 on the UK album chart. It was also their American breakthrou...
1971 Dec 9 Ralph Bunche Dies
American diplomat Ralph Bunche, winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, died on December 9, 1971 in New York City. Bunche was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 7, 1904. In the time bet...
1974 Dec 9 "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Is Released
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Robert Getchell focuses on the adventures of a thirtysomething widow and her p...
1976 Dec 9 Tony Dorsett Wins Heisman Trophy
In his fabulous four-year career at Pittsburgh, Dorsett established so many NCAA records that he deserves his own record book. Just to skim the surface Tony has most yards gained, most se...
1982 Dec 9 Herschel Walker Wins Heisman Trophy
The seventh junior to win the Heisman Trophy - the 6'1", 222 lb. versatile athlete amassed an unbelievable 5,097 yards rushing (an NCAA record for yards rushing in three seasons). He expl...
1983 Dec 9 "Scarface" Is Released
Scarface is a 1983 epic crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Based on Howard Hawks' original 1932 film of the same...
1993 Dec 9 "The Cigar Store Indian" - Season 5 Episode 10 of Seinfeld Premiers
"The Cigar Store Indian" is the seventy-fourth episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 10th episode for the 5th season. It aired on December 9, 1993. Plot Summary: While Je...
1997 Dec 9 FDA Approves Lilly's Evista
Evista affects the cycle of bone formation and breakdown in the body, and reduces loss of bone tissue. Evista is used to treat or prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. It is al...
1998 Dec 9 Amsterdam District Court Imposes a Penalty on Denial of Authenticity of Anne Frank's Diary
In 1991, Holocaust deniers Robert Faurisson and Siegfried Verbeke produced a booklet titled The Diary of Anne Frank: A Critical Approach. They claimed that Otto Frank wrote the diary, bas...
1998 Dec 9 South Park Episode 216 - "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!"
Kyle, Stan and Kenny accompany Eric and his family to a Christmas celebration with the Cartman family. One of Cartman's relatives breaks out of jail for the reunion, with his cellmate, Ch...
2000 Dec 9 Chris Weinke Wins 2000 Heisman Trophy
Weinke Wins The Heisman Chris Weinke capped a remarkable back-to-school story Saturday night when the 28-year-old Florida State quarterback won the Heisman Trophy in one of the closest...
2003 Dec 9 Horizons: Empire of Istaria Launches
Istaria: Chronicles of the Gifted (formerly Horizons: Empire of Istaria) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Artifact Entertainment and released in E...
2003 Dec 9 Reuben Studdard Releases 'Soulful'
In other words, most of Soulful consists of cuts that are about the feel of the production, from the shiny surfaces to the languid late-night beats, and not on songs that have strong, me...
2003 Dec 9 The Offspring release Splinter
Splinter is the seventh studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring, released on December 9, 2003. It was the first album the band released without drummer Ron Welty and also th...
2005 Dec 9 Coldplay releases "Talk" single
"Talk" is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their third album, X&Y. Built around a riff from Kraftwerk's 1981 song "Computer ...
2006 Dec 9 Moscow Hospital Fire
A suspicious fire combined with a blocked exit turned the women's ward of a Moscow drug treatment hospital into a deathtrap Saturday as flames and smoke overcame patients. At least 45 wom...
2006 Dec 9 Troy Smith Wins Heisman Trophy
Rise of Troy: Buckeyes QB wins Heisman Trophy NEW YORK -- Winning the Heisman Trophy was easy. The hard part for Troy Smith was staying composed. To the surprise of no one, the Ohi...
2007 Dec 9 New England Patriots defeat Pittsburgh Steelers, 34-13
FOXBOROUGH - The streak is all anybody around here cares about, yet the local football team dares not speak its name. Walking hand in hand with history, the 2007 New England Patriots i...
2007 Dec 9 Snoop Dogg's Father Hood Debuts on EI
Snoop Dogg's Father Hood is an American television reality show starring rapper Snoop Dogg and his family. His family includes wife Shante, daughter Cori whom he calls "Choc", son Cordell...
2008 Dec 9 Rod Blagojevich Governor of Illinois Arrested
"Is this a joke?" —Rod Blagojevich
2008 Dec 9 "The Dark Knight" Rifftrax is Released
If you can spare a minute, think back on the greatest work of cinema that you have ever seen. Did you think about The Dark Knight? No? Then you are a moron. Because while you were out...
2009 Dec 9 Chicago Blackhawks defeat New York Rangers, 2-1
"It's a mess," John Tortorella said. "Let's call it what it is, it's a mess." Okay, the coach was talking about the Rangers' backup goaltending situation, but what to call the rest of ...
2009 Dec 9 Day Three of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
The U.S. and China exchanged barbs Wednesday at the Copenhagen climate talks, underscoring the abiding suspicion between the world's two largest carbon polluters about the sincerity of th...
2009 Dec 9 Green Bay Phoenix defeat Wisconsin Badgers, 88-84
Green Bay — Bo Ryan's basketball team got what it deserved Wednesday night - a loss to unranked UW-Green Bay. Coming off two impressive home victories, No. 20 Wisconsin appeared disjoi...
2009 Dec 9 Milwaukee Bucks defeat Toronto Raptors, 117-95
In the end, it went into the record books as a victory for the Milwaukee Bucks. A much-needed victory, that is, for the Bucks, who had lost four straight and eight of nine. But will...
2009 Dec 9 New Orleans Hornets defeat Minnesota Timberwolves, 97-96
The nightly blowouts are history. Timberwolves games lately come down to the final quarter, the final minutes, sometimes the final play. It's tangible, undeniable progress. And it make...
2009 Dec 9 Rasmussen poll shows Alexi Giannoulias ahead of Mark Kirk in IL US Senate Race
State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat, has inched past Republican Rep. Mark Kirk in an Illinois governor match-up (although, within the margin of error), while Kirk remains slight...