9th December anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1608
  • "Birth of John Milton, English poet (‘Paradise Lost’ etc) ."
  • 1907
  • "Ernest Marples born 1907 (died 1978). Conservative politician. As Minister of Transport (1959-64) brought in yellow lines and parking meters, and commissioned Dr Beeching's baleful report on the railways."
  • 1909
  • "Birth of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American film and television actor, and WWII naval officer who was an expert in military deception. (His films include Catherine the Great, The Prisoner of Zenda, Gunga Din)"
• event
  • 1958
  • "The anti-Communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis, USA ."
  • 1960
  • 1st episode of Coronation St screened
  • 1969
  • United States
  • Construction of Washington DCs Metrorail system began
  • 1996
  • The United Nations allowed Iraq to resume oil exports under the oil-for-food programme
  • 2005
  • Great Britain
  • Last Routemaster bus runs on regular service in London (see 1954)
• Death
  • 1783
  • "The first executions took place at Newgate Prison, London ."
  • 1858
  • "Death of Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician who established the first Canadian Goverment."