Today in History
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1979 Smallpox declared eradicated
The World Health Organization officially certified that after a number of concentrated vaccination c
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1965 Charlie Brown Christmas makes airs for the first time on television
The popular animated musical special about Christmas was based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ca
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1961 Tanganyika gains independence
The Republic of Tanganyika was administered by the British from 1916 until 1961. Part of German East
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1960 First episode of Coronation Street airs
The longest running TV soap opera, this British production follows the life of people living on Coro
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1893 Auguste Vaillant bombs the French Chamber of Deputies
Auguste Vaillant, a French anarchist, bombed the French Chamber of Deputies. No one was hurt in the
Births On This Day,
December, 9
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1968 Kurt Angle
American wrestler, actor
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1953 John Malkovich
American actor
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1934 Judi Dench
English actress
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1895 Dolores Ibárruri
Spanish politician
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1608 John Milton
English poet
Deaths On This Day,
December, 9
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2012 Patrick Moore
English astronomer, television host
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1998 Archie Moore
American boxer
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1979 Fulton J. Sheen
American archbishop
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1941 Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Russian author, poet, philosopher
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1437 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
