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Subject: Historical significance of specific date
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: kivo-ga
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Posted: 07 Nov 2003 21:49 PST
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Question ID: 273762
Hi,
Does the date December 9th have any historical significance?  Or has
anything important ever happened on this date?
thanks
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Subject: Re: Historical significance of specific date
Answered By: juggler-ga on 07 Nov 2003 22:39 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello.

Major historical events that happened on December 9 according to the
History Channel:

December 9
1949 CHIANG KAI-SHEK FLEES TO FORMOSA
1940 The British Attack in North Africa
1958 John Birch Society Founded
1987 The Intifada Begins on the Gaza Strip
1990 Walesa Elected President of Poland
1992 Separation of Charles and Diana Announced
source:
historychannel.com
http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/today_relocate_frames.cgi?month=12&day=09

Another list of historical events for December 9:
Today in History: 9 December, atrifleofthis.com/
http://www.atrifleofthis.com/almanac/december/today_in_history_december_9.htm

An even bigger list of historical events for Dec. 9:
"December 9 in History," hosted by Xplorehistory.com:
http://www.xplorehistory.com/dateinhistory/december9.html

search strategy:
"this day in history" "december 9"
"today in history", "9 december"

I hope this helps.
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