December 9

What happened on December 9 in history

5 events fall on December 9, from 1531 to 1968. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on December 9

  1. 1531

    The Guadalupe apparitions

    Juan Diego reports a vision on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City.

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  2. 1793

    Noah Webster's daily paper

    New York gets its first daily newspaper.

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  3. 1905

    France separates church and state

    The law of laïcité ends state funding of religions.

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  4. 1965

    A Charlie Brown Christmas

    The special airs for the first time on CBS.

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  5. 1968

    The mother of all demos

    Engelbart shows the mouse, hypertext and video calls in ninety minutes.

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