from the home of his friend, Henrik Kauffmann, in Washington, D.C., Paul Bang-Jensen sent a telegram dated December 9, 1957, to Ernest Gross.

On December 9, 1862, Sergeant Edwin H. Fay, an unusual Louisianan who held A.B. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University and who before the war was headmaster of a private school for boys in Louisiana, wrote his wife: `` I saw Pemberton and he is the most insignificant puke I ever saw.

On December 9, 2008, Atari announced that it had acquired Cryptic Studios, an MMORPG developer.

Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935 ) was an Austrian composer.

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

A committee of public heath was created on 8 December ; on 9 December the inhabitants of Jausiers and its surroundings formed a colony under the direction of general councillor Brès, and Mayor Signoret of Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye.

On December 9, 1965, the Orioles traded pitcher Milt Pappas ( and several others ) to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for slugging outfielder Frank Robinson.

*" Fire Signals Seen In Area Of Lost Men ", The Washington Post, December 9, 1945.

The latest biography of Khmelnytsky by Smoliy and Stepankov, however, challenges the 27 December date and suggests that it is more likely he was born on 9 November ( feast day of St Zenoby ,< ref >

Saint Columba ( 7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD )— also known as Colum Cille, or Chille ( Old Irish, meaning " dove of the church "), Colm Cille ( Irish ), Calum Cille ( Scottish Gaelic ), Colum Keeilley ( Manx Gaelic ) and Kolban or Kolbjørn ( Old Norse )— was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period.

On December 9, 1918, the collegiate ( or presidium ) of VCheKa had decided to form a military section, headed by M. S. Kedrov, to combat counterrevolution in the Army.

Carl Edward Sagan (; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996 ) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences.

Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960.

The first episode was aired on 9 December 1960 and was not initially a critical success ; Daily Mirror columnist Ken Iriwin claimed the series would only last three weeks.

The live episode took place on 9 December 2010.

Between 9 December 1960 and 3 March 1961, Coronation Street was broadcast twice weekly, on Wednesday and Friday.

From Friday 9 December 1960 until Friday 3 March 1961, the programme was shown in two episodes broadcast Wednesday and Friday at 19: 00.

Kane made her Wicked debut on the 1st National Tour, playing the role from March 9 through December 19, 2005.

Claude Louis Berthollet ( 9 December 1748 – 6 November 1822 ) was a Savoyard-French chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804.

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James Dalton Trumbo ( December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976 ) was an American screenwriter and novelist.

After the results were announced on 9 December, there was violent unrest in Kinshasa and Mbuji-Mayi, where official tallies showed that a strong majority had voted for the opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi.

Robert X. Cringely did an hour long interview with Engelbart on December 9, 2005 in his NerdTV video podcast series.

On December 9, 2008, Engelbart was honored at the 40th Anniversary celebration of the 1968 " Mother of All Demos ".

In December 2005, Blizzard Entertainment and Xfire, a gaming-focused instant messaging service, jointly sponsored a World of Warcraft machinima contest.

* December 8 – Myra Hindley, one of the Moors murderers, arrives at the High Court of Justice, to contest a recent Home Secretary's decision that she should remain in prison until she dies.

Together, they campaigned for the right to contest the presidential election scheduled for December 1990.

In Vienna, he agreed to enter a musical contest with Mozart for the entertainment of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II and his guests on 24 December 1781, at the Viennese court.

On December 27, 2006, Incubus launched the " I Dig Incubus " contest, in which participants cut together clips of the band performing their single " Dig ", to form a complete music video.

Therefore ( according to the journalists Asami Kazuo and Suzuki Jiro, writing in the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun of December 13 ), they decided to begin another contest, with the aim being 150 kills.

* Alice's Brown Derby ( December 13, 1926 ) depicts a horse racing contest where Pete attempts to cheat again while Julius rides a mechanical horse.

) The franchise conducted a " name the team " contest and eventually selected two finalists " Timberwolves and " Polars " in December 1986.

" On December 12, 2002, he pleaded no contest to charges of driving under the influence.

In December of that year, he won a five-man, eleven-ballot contest in the state legislature, that enabled him to become the Senator from Pennsylvania in order to complete the unexpired term of the previous senator who had resigned.

In December 2005, Vajpayee announced his retirement from active politics, declaring that he would not contest in the next general election.

Here is the pertinent excerpt from the December 11 opinion of the Florida Supreme Court: However, according to Nelson Lund, one might argue that the Florida Supreme Court was discussing the " protest provisions of the Florida Election Code, whereas the issues in Bush v. Gore arose under the contest provisions.

" Abner Greene has pointed to evidence that " the Florida Supreme Court thought all manual recounts – whether protest or contest – must be completed no later than December 12.

Saulsbury hosts three major events each year: a Christmas tree-lighting, the Community Celebration, and a home decorating contest, all in December.

He was elected without a contest as the only candidate, becoming President of Ireland on 3 December 1976.

He would, as before, continue to tour on the exhibition circuit, with his last contest taking place on December 16, 1951, in Taipei, Taiwan, against Corporal Buford J. deCordova.

After the retirement of Clement Attlee as leader in December 1955, Gaitskell beat Bevan and the ageing Herbert Morrison in the party leadership contest.

According to Nat Fleischer in The Ring, December 1951, page 3, this was an extremely dirty fight, with " wrestling, heeling, eye gouging, tripping, thumbing-in fact every dirty trick known to the old timers .." Referee Ray Miller " let the bout get out of hand ..." " The pattern of the ' contest ' never varied.

After that bout he knocked out Alexei Varakin in the second round of a contest in Soelden, Austria, in December 2004.

However, during this period, Daddy began to be cheered for the first time since his comeback when he entered into a feud with legendary masked heel Kendo Nagasaki, especially when he unmasked Nagasaki during a televised contest from Solihull in December 1975 ( although the unmasked Nagasaki quickly won the bout moments later ).

Though the league feared that continuing fog on the morning of December 2 would force the complete abandonment of the game, it lifted in time for the contest to resume.

On December 24, 2008, after losing a unanimous decision at the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Coleman's lawyers stated that it was now a " virtual certainty " that Coleman would contest the results of the election.

On December 8, 1999, the Ducks and Canucks met for a contest, marking the first time that the brothers played against each other at any level.

Morales and the MAS went on to contest the local elections of December 5, 1999.