December 9th (1917) was a Sunday. It's the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 9th December, 1917
» World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby named Edmund Allenby Battle of Jerusalem (1917) e.g captures Jerusalem.
Famous Birthdays on December 9 in 1917
» James Jesus Angleton, American Central Intelligence Agency or CIA agent (d. 1987)
» James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
December 9th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Feast of the Immaculate Conception Eastern Orthodoxy or Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anne (Orthodox Church)
» Juan Diego
» Leocadia
» Nectarius of Auvergne
» Peter Fourier
» December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Tanganyika from United Kingdom e.g Britain in 1961. (Tanzania)
» International Anti-Corruption Day (International observance known as International)
» Public holidays in Antigua and Barbuda known as National Heroes Day, formerly V.C. Bird Day. (Antigua and Barbuda)