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1 - 23 of 23 Interesting & Fun 9th of December Facts: |
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| 1531 - First apparition of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Guadalupe) to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on Tepeyac Hill |
| 1793 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster. |
| 1835 - The Republic of Texas captures San Antonio. |
| 1851 - The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec. |
| 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. |
| 1872 - In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state. |
| 1875 - Massachusetts Rifle Association "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded. |
| 1888 - Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his self-designed computing device at the United States War Department. |
| 1897 - Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris. |
| 1905 - In France, the law separating church and state is passed. |
| 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. |
| 1941 - World War II: The Republic of China, Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and Cuba declare war on Germany and Japan. |
| 1945 - General George S. Patton is injured in an automobile crash in occupied Germany. He dies twelve days later. |
| 1953 - Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company |
| 1958 - Red Scare: The John Birch Society founded in the United States. |
| 1960 - The first episode of ITV soap-opera Coronation Street is aired. |
| 1969 - Groundbreaking of Washington, D.C.'s Metrorail system. |
| 1982 - Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police. |
| 1987 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank |
| 1992 - The separation of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is announced |
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