Today: December 9th, 2022.

Today's date falls on a Friday. It is day 343 of 2022. The decade is the 2020s.

The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

Week Number: We are currently in Week 49 of 2022.
Leap Year: 2022 is NOT a leap year.
Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1670544000.

On this day: 9th of December.

Events that have occurred on the 9th of December.

December 9th, 1911: A mine explosion in Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 people.
December 9th, 1952: The Great Smog of London lifts after five days.
December 9th, 1960: The first ever episode of British soap opera "Coronation Street" is aired on television.
December 9th, 1961: Domino's Pizza is founded in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
December 9th, 1965: Kecksburg UFO incident: A large fireball is seen flying across the sky in multiple US states and Ontario, Canada.
December 9th, 1979: Smallpox is officially eradicated.
December 9th, 1983: The film Scarface (1983) is released.
December 9th, 1987: Palestine: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
December 9th, 1988: The film Mississippi Burning (1988) is released.
December 9th, 1988: The movie Twins (1988) is released.
December 9th, 1992: Prince Charles and Lady Diana announce their separation.
December 9th, 1998: Boxing legend Archie Moore passes away from heart failure at the age of 81.
December 9th, 2005: Brokeback Mountain (2005) is released in movie theaters.
December 9th, 2008: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is arrested on suspicion of trying to sell Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.
December 9th, 2008: English singer Lily Allen releases her single "The Fear".
December 9th, 2011: David Guetta releases his single "Titanium".
December 9th, 2012: James Arthur wins The X Factor.
December 9th, 2016: South Korean president Park Geun-hye is impeached due to a political scandal.
December 9th, 2017: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Australia.
December 9th, 2018: Quadriga Fintech Solutions founder Gerald Cotten reportedly dies while traveling to India.
December 9th, 2018: Football manager Harry Redknapp wins the UK version of "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!".
December 9th, 2020: Canada approves Pfizer's Covid vaccine.
December 9th, 2020: Italian footballer Paolo Rossi passes away from lung cancer at the age of 64.
December 9th, 2021: Former American football player Demaryius Thomas is found dead at his home.
December 9th, 2021: Ukrainian defense officials say that Russia has increased its troop numbers near their border.
December 9th, 2021: A serious Java vulnerability is discovered in log4j.
December 9th, 2021: 55 people are killed after a freight truck smuggling migrants overturns in Chiapas, Mexico.
December 9th, 2021: The WWE releases Jeff Hardy from his contract.

Around this time.

News stories and other events that happened around December 9th, 2022.

November 9th, 2022: The video game "God of War Ragnarök" is released.
November 9th, 2022: Meta says it will lay off more than 11,000 employees.
November 9th, 2022: Russia announces that it is withdrawing its troops from the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
November 9th, 2022: Crypto prices plunge after Binance pulls out of a deal to buy FTX.
November 10th, 2022: American actor Kevin Conroy dies from cancer at the age of 66.
November 11th, 2022: The superhero film "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is released.
November 11th, 2022: The city of Kherson is liberated by Ukraine.
November 12th, 2022: Six people are killed after two World War II–era aircraft crash at an airshow in Dallas, Texas.
November 13th, 2022: Former UFC fighter Anthony "Rumble" Johnson dies at the age of 38.
November 13th, 2022: Soccer: Cristiano Ronaldo tells Piers Morgan that he has been betrayed by Manchester United and is being forced out.
November 13th, 2022: The Democrats are projected to take control of the US Senate.
November 13th, 2022: Six people are killed by a terrorist bombing in Istanbul, Turkey.
November 13th, 2022: Four University of Idaho students are stabbed to death in Moscow, Idaho.
November 15th, 2022: The Earth's population reaches 8 billion.
November 15th, 2022: A stray Ukrainian missile hits Poland.
November 15th, 2022: Former US President Donald Trump announces that he will launch a third campaign for the White House.
November 15th, 2022: A series of anti-lockdown protests begin in China.
November 16th, 2022: The game "Warzone 2" is released.
November 16th, 2022: The Republican Party wins a majority in the US House.
November 16th, 2022: The film "The Wonder" is released on Netflix.
November 17th, 2022: Amazon begins mass layoffs.
November 17th, 2022: Twitter closes its offices until Monday after a sizable number of employees decide to quit.
November 18th, 2022: It is unexpectedly announced that alcohol will not be served at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
November 18th, 2022: Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde announce that they have split up.
November 19th, 2022: Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump's Twitter account.
November 19th, 2022: Five people are killed during a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.
November 19th, 2022: Power Rangers actor Jason David Frank commits suicide at the age of 49.
November 20th, 2022: The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar.
November 20th, 2022: The series finale of The Walking Dead is aired on television.
November 21st, 2022: Kanye West's Twitter account is reinstated by Elon Musk.
November 22nd, 2022: Manchester United announce that Cristiano Ronaldo has left the club with immediate effect.
November 22nd, 2022: Saudia Arabia pulls off a shock 2-1 victory over Argentina at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
November 22nd, 2022: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro blames a software bug for his election loss.
November 22nd, 2022: Six people are killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia.
November 23rd, 2022: The first season of the comedy horror series "Wednesday" is aired on Netflix.
November 24th, 2022: Elon Musk announces that he is granting "amnesty" to suspended Twitter accounts.
November 24th, 2022: 10 people are killed after a fire breaks out in a residential high-rise in the Chinese city of Ürümqi.
November 25th, 2022: Singer Irene Cara passes away at the age of 63.
November 25th, 2022: Anti-lockdown protests break out in multiple cities across mainland China.
November 27th, 2022: Former footballer Jill Scott wins the UK version of "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!".
November 28th, 2022: Elon Musk claims that Apple is threatening to remove Twitter from its app store.
November 28th, 2022: Actor Clarence Gilyard passes away at the age of 66.
November 29th, 2022: The US Senate passes a bill that protects federal recognition of gay marriage.
November 30th, 2022: Fleetwood Mac singer Christine McVie passes away at the age of 79.
December 1st, 2022: Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for inciting violence.
December 5th, 2022: Actress Kirstie Alley dies from cancer at the age of 71.
December 6th, 2022: The Democrats gain an outright US Senate majority after Raphael Warnock wins the Georgia election runoff against Herschel Walker.
December 6th, 2022: Former President Trump's company is found guilty of criminal tax fraud.
December 7th, 2022: China announces a nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions following protests against its hardline strategy.
December 7th, 2022: The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, is ousted and arrested after he attempts to stage a coup.
December 8th, 2022: US basketball player Brittney Griner is released from a Russian prison in a prisoner swap.
December 8th, 2022: The documentary series "Harry & Meghan" is released on Netflix.
This date: December 9th, 2022
December 15th, 2022: Irish politics: Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar succeeds Micheál Martin as Taoiseach of Ireland.
December 16th, 2022: James Cameron's film "Avatar: The Way of Water" is released.

Horoscope, birthstone and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 9th, 2022, will have the star sign Sagittarius.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2022 is the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
The Life Path Number for this date is 9.
Native American Zodiac: December 9th, 2022 falls under the Owl.
Birthstone: A person during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Birth flower (December): The Narcissus and the Holly.

Personality traits.

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Celebrity birthdays.

Celebrities, historical figures and other notable people who were born on December 9th.

Judi Dench

Actress.
Born on December 9th, 1934
She is 88 years old today.

John Malkovich

Actor.
Born on December 9th, 1953
He is 69 years old today.

Kurt Angle

Wrestler.
Born on December 9th, 1968
He is 54 years old today.

PnB Rock

Rapper. Deceased
Born on December 9th, 1991
He would have turned 31 years old today.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

If your baby is due on December 9th, 2022, then the date of conception was probably around March 18th, 2022.
A baby that is conceived on December 9th, 2022, will be due around September 1st, 2023.

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