December 9th (1937) was a Thursday. 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, 1937
» Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking Imperial Japan e.g Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Republic of China known as Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Famous Birthdays on December 9 in 1937
» Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998)
December 9th Famous Deaths for 1937
» Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
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)