This is our day guide for Saturday December 9th 2017 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on December 9th 2017
Tanzania: Independence Day
Celebrates Tanganyika's independence from British rule in 1961Go to Today | December 10th 2017
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| General Information for December 9th 2017 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 343 of 2017 | |
| 22 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 49 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1965 - Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that it examined the object. | |
| 1950 - Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. | |
| 1905 – In France, the law separating church and state is passed. | |
| 1872 – In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state. |
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