History for December 9

History for December 9 - On-This-Day.com
John Milton 1608, Clarence Birdseye 1886, Emmett Kelly 1898 


Kirk Douglas 1918 - Actor, Dick Van Patten 1928 - Actor ("Eight is Enough"), Dick Butkus (NFL) 1942 - Football player 


1803 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President. 


1848 - American author and creator of "Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit," Joel Chandler Harris was born. 


1854 - Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England. 


1926 - The United States Golf Association legalized the use of steel-shafted golf clubs. 


1958 - In Indianapolis, IN, Robert H.W. Welch Jr. and 11 other men met to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society. 


1960 - Sperry Rand Corporation unveiled a new computer, known as "Univac 1107." 


1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia," by David Lean had its world premiere in London. 


1990 - Lech Walesa won Poland's first direct presidential election in the country's history. 


1996 - UN Secretary General Boutros-Ghali approved a deal allowing Iraq to resume its exports of oil and easing the UN trade embargo imposed on Iraq in 1990.