December 9 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Chanukah: 6 Candles חנוכה: ו׳ נרות holiday

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2016 — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. Prime... ↗
• 2016 — At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali,... ↗
• 2015 — The start of the thirty-sixth GCC summit in Riyadh business. ↗
• 2013 — At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia. ↗
• 2012 — A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 2000 — Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater
• 1998 — BJ, Filipino musician, actor and businessman
• 1996 — MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
• 1995 — McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
• 1993 — Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder