Famous Birthdays
- Darwin Joston, American actor (Assault on Precinct 13), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 1998)
Famous Divorces
Walter Lippmann
Writer Walter Lippmann (48) divorces first wife Faye Albertson after 20 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
Gustaf Dalén (1869-1937)
Swedish physicist and industrialist (AGA, Nobel Prize in Physics 1912), dies at 68
Died in 1937 1937 Highlights
About December 9, 1937
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 86 years, 4 months and 18 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Sagittarius