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Events on December 9

• 1315 In the Morgarten Letter, the founding cantons of the Swiss Confederation reaffirm their alliance.
• 1905 The law on the separation of church and state establishes the principle of secularism, which is still in force today, in France. For several years, the separation of church and state worsens the country's relationship with the Catholic Church.
• 1905 At the Dresden Court Opera, the opera Salome by Richard Strauss is premiered.
• 1922 The world premiere of Karl Valentin's play The Confirmation takes place in Munich.
• 1951 In Württemberg-Baden, Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern, eligible voters vote in a referendum in favor of merging the three states into a single federal state. The federal state of Baden-Württemberg is subsequently founded on 25 April 1952.
• 1959 A planned takeover of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG by Daimler-Benz AG fails at the shareholders' meeting.
• 1982 The U.S. science fiction films E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Tron open in German cinemas.
• 1987 Microsoft releases the second version of its DOS operating system, Microsoft Windows 1.0, as Windows 2.x.
• 1989 At a special party congress, Gregor Gysi is elected as the new chairman of the SED in the GDR.
• 1998 At the United Federal Assembly in Bern, Ruth Dreifuss is elected the first female President of the Swiss Confederation for the year 1999.
• 2005 In London, the era of the Routemaster comes to an end. The red double-decker buses are no longer a defining feature of the cityscape.
• 2012 At the SPD party congress, Peer Steinbrück is elected as the candidate for Chancellor in the 2013 Bundestag election.

Born on December 9

• 1868 Fritz Haber, German chemist and Nobel laureate
• 1901 Ödön von Horváth, Austro-Hungarian writer
• 1934 Judi Dench, British actress
• 1934 Morten Grunwald, Danish actor
• 1950 Wolfgang Fierek, German actor and Schlager singer
• 1951 Angelika Milster, German singer and actress
• 1962 Felicity Huffman, American actress
• 1980 Simon Helberg, American actor, screenwriter and film producer
• 1990 LaFee, German singer
• 1991 Johannes Rydzek, German Nordic combined skier

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „9. Dezember“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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