December 9
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Art and culture
- 1897 - Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris.
- 1946 - The "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals" began with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
Births
- 1608 - John Milton, English poet (d. 1674)
- 1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
- 1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1930 - Buck Henry, American actor
- 1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
Deaths
- 1964 - Dame Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (b. 1887)
- 1965 - Branch Rickey, American baseball commissioner (b. 1884)
- 1970 - Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 1971 - Ralph Bunche, American diplomat and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1971 - Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (b. 1874)
- 1972 - Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (b. 1881)
- 1975 - William A. Wellman, American movie director (b. 1896)
- 1979 - Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop and television preacher (Life is Worth Living) (b. 1895)
- 1981 - Daniel Faulkner, Philadelphia police officer (b. 1955)
- 1982 - Leon Jaworski, Watergate scandal special prosecutor (b. 1905)
- 1984 - Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, British drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)
- 1990 - Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-born professional wrestler and actor (b. 1907)
- 1992 - Vincent Gardenia, American stage, film and television actor (b. 1922)
- 1993 - Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and football manager (b. 1926)
- 1995 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author (b. 1939)
- 1996 - Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (b. 1956)
- 1996 - Mary Leakey, British archeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
- 1996 - Alain Poher, French politician (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
- 1998 - Archie Moore, American boxer and World Light-Heavyweight Champion (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Michael Carver, British Lord Field Marshall and Baron and strong speaker against the Trident program.
- 2002 - Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (b. 1966)
- 2002 - Stan Rice, American painter, educator, and poet (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. 1928)
- 2004 - David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940)
- 2004 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
- 2005 - György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)
Notes
Juan Atkins
John Willie
Donald Byrd
John Cassavetes
John Milton
Ödön von Horváth
John Malkovich
Salome (opera)
Berenice Abbott
Pierre Henry
Buck Henry
A Love Supreme
Edith Sitwell
Ennio de Concini
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