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December 9
1854 - The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was published in England.
1907 - Christmas seals went on sale for the first time, at the Wilmington, Delaware post office. The proceeds went to fight tuberculosis.
1940 - British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II.
1941 - China declared war against Japan, Germany and Italy during World War II.
1958 - The anti-Communist John Birch Society was founded in Indianapolis.
1960 - The Domino's Pizza chain had its beginnings as brothers Tom and James Monaghan started operating a pizzeria in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
1962- The Petrified Forest in Arizona was designated a national park.
1965 - "A Charlie Brown Christmas" had its world television premiere.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion seasonal loan authorization to prevent New York City from having to default.
1987 - The first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response.
1990 - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was elected president of Poland.
1992 - Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (They divorced in 1996.)
1993 - The Air Force destroyed the first of 500 Minuteman II missile silos marked for elimination under an arms control treaty.
1993 - American astronauts completed work on the Hubble Space Telescope.
1996 - Archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey died in Kenya at age 83.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stop the vote counting in Florida, ending Vice President Al Gore's presidential hopes.
2002 - United Airlines filed the biggest bankruptcy in aviation history after losing $4 billion in the previous two years.
2004 - Canada's Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was constitutional.
2008 - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on suspicion of scheming to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for cash or a job for himself in the new administration. (Blagojevich was convicted of lying to the FBI; he awaits re-trial on 23 other charges.)
2013 - Scientists revealed that NASA’s Curiosity rover had uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars.
2014 - U.S. Senate investigators concluded the United States had brutalized scores of terror suspects with interrogation tactics that turned secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and did nothing to make Americans safer after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Birthdays
22 - Alexi Blue (singer)
24 - McKayla Maroney (gymnast)
29 - Ashleigh Brewer (actress)
32 - Joshua Sasse (actor)
36 - Jolene Purdy (actress0
39 - Simon Helberg (actor)
41 - Jesse Metcalfe (actor)
42 - Imogen Heap (singer)
43 - Kevin Daniels (actor)
47 - Reiko Aylesworth (actress)
49 - David Kersh (country singer)
50 - Allison Smith (actress)
50 - Brian Hayes (country musician)
50 - Lori Greiner (TV personality)
51 - Kurt Angle (professional wrestler)
57 - Felicity Huffman (actress)
58 - Joe Lando (actor)
58 - David Anthony Higgins (actor)
62 - Donny Osmond (singer)
66 - John Malkovich (actor)
67 - Michael Dorn (actor)
69 - Joan Armatrading (singer)
70 - Tom Kite (golfer)
77 - Dick Butkus (football player)
78 - Beau Bridges (actor)
85 - Judi Dench (actress)
89 - Buck Henry (actor)
103 - Kirk Douglas (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 9
1926 - The United States Golf Association legalized the use of steel-shafted golf clubs.
1935 - Running back Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago wins the first Heisman Trophy to ever be awarded.
1941 - Minnesota running back Bruce Smith wins the Heisman Trophy.
1951 - Bob Waterfield (Los Angeles Rams) became the first professional football player to kick five field goals in one game.
1955 - Sugar Ray Robinson knocked out Carl Olson and regained his world middleweight boxing title.
1973 - Jim Bakken (St. Louis Cardinals) kicked six field goals against the Atlanta Falcons.
1978 - The first game of the Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) was played between the Chicago Hustle and the Milwaukee Does.
1984 - Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams became just the second player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season, joining O.J. Simpson.
1985 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) began a streak of 100+ consecutive games with receptions.
1990 - Otis Anderson of the New York Giants becomes the 10th player in NFL history to rush for 10,000 yards in a career.
1991 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) reached the 20 touchdown mark for an NFL record ninth season.
1992 - Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott apologizes for making racial remarks.
1995 - Ohio State running back Eddie George wins the Heisman Trophy.
2004 - NHL officials and union leaders held talks for the first time since summer
2006 - Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith wins the Heisman Trophy.
2013 - Mike Ditka's #89 is retired by the Chicago Bears.
2017 - Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield wins the Heisman Trophy.
2018 - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady breaks Peyton Manning's record for career touchdown passes in NFL history with his 582nd in a win over the Miami Dolphins.
2018 - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers breaks Tom Brady's NFL record with his 359 straight pass without an interception.
1854 - The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was published in England.
1907 - Christmas seals went on sale for the first time, at the Wilmington, Delaware post office. The proceeds went to fight tuberculosis.
1940 - British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II.
1941 - China declared war against Japan, Germany and Italy during World War II.
1958 - The anti-Communist John Birch Society was founded in Indianapolis.
1960 - The Domino's Pizza chain had its beginnings as brothers Tom and James Monaghan started operating a pizzeria in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
1962- The Petrified Forest in Arizona was designated a national park.
1965 - "A Charlie Brown Christmas" had its world television premiere.
1975 - President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion seasonal loan authorization to prevent New York City from having to default.
1987 - The first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response.
1990 - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was elected president of Poland.
1992 - Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (They divorced in 1996.)
1993 - The Air Force destroyed the first of 500 Minuteman II missile silos marked for elimination under an arms control treaty.
1993 - American astronauts completed work on the Hubble Space Telescope.
1996 - Archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey died in Kenya at age 83.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stop the vote counting in Florida, ending Vice President Al Gore's presidential hopes.
2002 - United Airlines filed the biggest bankruptcy in aviation history after losing $4 billion in the previous two years.
2004 - Canada's Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was constitutional.
2008 - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on suspicion of scheming to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for cash or a job for himself in the new administration. (Blagojevich was convicted of lying to the FBI; he awaits re-trial on 23 other charges.)
2013 - Scientists revealed that NASA’s Curiosity rover had uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars.
2014 - U.S. Senate investigators concluded the United States had brutalized scores of terror suspects with interrogation tactics that turned secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and did nothing to make Americans safer after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Birthdays
22 - Alexi Blue (singer)
24 - McKayla Maroney (gymnast)
29 - Ashleigh Brewer (actress)
32 - Joshua Sasse (actor)
36 - Jolene Purdy (actress0
39 - Simon Helberg (actor)
41 - Jesse Metcalfe (actor)
42 - Imogen Heap (singer)
43 - Kevin Daniels (actor)
47 - Reiko Aylesworth (actress)
49 - David Kersh (country singer)
50 - Allison Smith (actress)
50 - Brian Hayes (country musician)
50 - Lori Greiner (TV personality)
51 - Kurt Angle (professional wrestler)
57 - Felicity Huffman (actress)
58 - Joe Lando (actor)
58 - David Anthony Higgins (actor)
62 - Donny Osmond (singer)
66 - John Malkovich (actor)
67 - Michael Dorn (actor)
69 - Joan Armatrading (singer)
70 - Tom Kite (golfer)
77 - Dick Butkus (football player)
78 - Beau Bridges (actor)
85 - Judi Dench (actress)
89 - Buck Henry (actor)
103 - Kirk Douglas (actor)
==============================
Today in Sports History - December 9
1926 - The United States Golf Association legalized the use of steel-shafted golf clubs.
1935 - Running back Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago wins the first Heisman Trophy to ever be awarded.
1941 - Minnesota running back Bruce Smith wins the Heisman Trophy.
1951 - Bob Waterfield (Los Angeles Rams) became the first professional football player to kick five field goals in one game.
1955 - Sugar Ray Robinson knocked out Carl Olson and regained his world middleweight boxing title.
1973 - Jim Bakken (St. Louis Cardinals) kicked six field goals against the Atlanta Falcons.
1978 - The first game of the Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) was played between the Chicago Hustle and the Milwaukee Does.
1984 - Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams became just the second player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season, joining O.J. Simpson.
1985 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) began a streak of 100+ consecutive games with receptions.
1990 - Otis Anderson of the New York Giants becomes the 10th player in NFL history to rush for 10,000 yards in a career.
1991 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) reached the 20 touchdown mark for an NFL record ninth season.
1992 - Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott apologizes for making racial remarks.
1995 - Ohio State running back Eddie George wins the Heisman Trophy.
2004 - NHL officials and union leaders held talks for the first time since summer
2006 - Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith wins the Heisman Trophy.
2013 - Mike Ditka's #89 is retired by the Chicago Bears.
2017 - Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield wins the Heisman Trophy.
2018 - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady breaks Peyton Manning's record for career touchdown passes in NFL history with his 582nd in a win over the Miami Dolphins.
2018 - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers breaks Tom Brady's NFL record with his 359 straight pass without an interception.
