On this day: 9 December

Selected events and births on 9 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1822 – In a memoir read to the French Academy of Sciences, Augustin-Jean Fresnel coined the terms linear, circular, and elliptical polarization, and reported a direct refraction experiment verifying his theory that optical rotation is a form of birefringence. Read more: French Academy of Sciences Augustin-Jean Fresnel Linear polarization
• 1888 – The first edition of the Argosy magazine was published under the title The Golden Argosy. Read more: Argosy (magazine)
• 1892 – The English association football club Newcastle United was founded by the merger of Newcastle East End and West End. Read more: Association football Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle East End F.C.
• 1897 – French actress, journalist and leading suffragette Marguerite Durand founded the feminist newspaper La Fronde. Read more: Marguerite Durand La Fronde (newspaper)
• 1961 – Tanganyika Territory gained independence from Britain before becoming part of Tanzania three years later. Read more: Tanganyika Territory Tanzania
• 1965 – A large, brilliant fireball was seen by thousands in midwestern North America before landing in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. Read more: Kecksburg UFO incident Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
• 1968 – Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the computer system NLS. Read more: Douglas Engelbart The Mother of All Demos Computer mouse
• 1990 – In Serbia's first multi-party election, Slobodan Milošević won the presidential election and the Socialist Party of Serbia won the majority of seats in the National Assembly. Read more: 1990 Serbian general election Slobodan Milošević Socialist Party of Serbia
• 2008 – Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois, was arrested on corruption charges, including for attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by president-elect Barack Obama. Read more: Rod Blagojevich Rod Blagojevich corruption charges United States Senate
• 2016 – Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, was impeached, marking the culmination of the country's political scandal. Read more: Park Geun-hye Impeachment of Park Geun-hye 2016 South Korean political scandal
• 2022 – Members of the European Parliament, including Vice President Eva Kaili, and their associates are arrested in connection with the Qatar corruption scandal. Read more: Member of the European Parliament Eva Kaili Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament

Born on this day

• 1947 – Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense Read more: Jaak Jõerüüt Minister of Defence (Estonia)
• 1954 – Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg Read more: Jean-Claude Juncker List of prime ministers of Luxembourg
• 1962 – Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) ceramic sculptor Read more: Roxanne Swentzell Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
• 1963 – Empress Masako, Japanese consort of Emperor Naruhito Read more: Empress Masako Naruhito
• 1966 – Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs Read more: Gideon Sa'ar Ministry of Interior (Israel)
• 1996 – Mackenzie Blackwood, Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Mackenzie Blackwood
• 1996 – Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player Read more: Kyle Connor
• 1996 – MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast Read more: MyKayla Skinner
• 1997 – Harvey Barnes, English footballer Read more: Harvey Barnes
• 2000 – Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater Read more: Diāna Ņikitina
• 2003 – Yuna, South Korean rapper, singer and dancer Read more: Yuna (singer, born 2003)
• 2005 – Ni-Ki, Japanese singer Read more: Ni-Ki

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