December 9 in History
What happened on December 9 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on december 9 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on december 9 in history.
?>2008
Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested on federal charges, including an attempt to sell the US Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
1992
U.S. Marines land in Somalia to ensure food and medicine reaches the deprived areas of that country.
1990
Lech Walesa is elected president of Poland.
1960
The Laos government flees to Cambodia as the capital city of Vientiane is engulfed in war.
1955
Sugar Ray Robinson knocks out Carl Olson to regain the world middleweight boxing title.
1950
President Harry Truman bans U.S. exports to Communist China.
1950
Harry Gold gets 30 years imprisonment for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union during World War II.
1949
The United Nations takes trusteeship over Jerusalem.
1948
The United States abandons a plan to de-concentrate industry in Japan.
1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt tells Americans to plan for a long war.
1940
The British army seizes 1,000 Italians in a sudden thrust in Egypt.
1917
The new Finnish Republic demands the withdrawal of Russian troops.
1908
A child labor bill passes in the German Reichstag, forbidding work for children under age 13.
1900
The Russian czar rejects Boer Paul Kruger’s pleas for aid in South Africa against the British.
1872
P.B.S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of Louisiana.
1867
The capital of Colorado Territory is moved from Golden to Denver.
1863
Major General John G. Foster replaces Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside as Commander of the Department of Ohio.
1861
The U.S. Senate approves establishment of a committee that would become the Joint Committee on the Conduct of War.