Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Yasuhiko Asaka launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanking. Date: December 9, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt. Date: December 9, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan. Date: December 9, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India. Date: December 9, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
The subsequent Nuremberg trials begin with the Doctors' Trial, prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia. Date: December 9, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day…
The Genocide Convention is adopted. Date: December 9, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Date: December 9, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events…
Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company. Date: December 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crashes near Anadyr, killing all 12 people on board. Date: December 9, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board. Date: December 9, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)