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Today in History: Friday, December\u00a0 09, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Dec. 9, 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was elected president of Poland.
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1608<\/td>\nPoet John Milton was born in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1854<\/td>\nThe poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was published in England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1907<\/td>\nChristmas seals went on sale for the first time, at the Wilmington, Del., post office. The proceeds went to fight tuberculosis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1912<\/td>\nLongtime House Speaker Thomas “Tip” O’Neill was born in Cambridge, Mass.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1940<\/td>\nBritish troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/td>\nChina declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nThe anti-Communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nPresident Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion seasonal loan authorization to prevent New York City from having to default.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nBritain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (They divorced in 1996.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nThe Air Force destroyed the first of 500 Minuteman II missile silos marked for elimination under an arms control treaty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1995<\/td>\nRep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., was chosen to head the NAACP.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2000<\/td>\nThe U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt in the Florida presidential vote count.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nUnited Airlines filed the biggest bankruptcy in aviation history after losing $4 billion in the previous two years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nCanada’s Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was constitutional.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nIllinois 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.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actor Kirk Douglas turns 100 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Buck Henry<\/td>\nActor, writer<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judi Dench<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beau Bridges<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dick Butkus<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Daschle<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, D-S.D.<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Kite<\/td>\nGolfer<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joan Armatrading<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Malkovich<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donny Osmond<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mario Cantone<\/td>\nComedian<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Felicity Huffman<\/td>\nActress (“Desperate Housewives”)<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jakob Dylan<\/td>\nRock musician (Wallflowers)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kara DioGuardi<\/td>\nSongwriter, TV personality (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tre Cool<\/td>\nRock musician (Green Day)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canibus<\/td>\nRapper<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jesse Metcalfe<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simon Helberg<\/td>\nActor (“The Big Bang Theory”)<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., turns 50 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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