Talk:December 9

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December 9: Independence Day in Tanzania (1961); Army Day in Peru 1856 – Anglo-Persian War: Bushehr, a city on the southwestern coast of the Persian Gulf in present-day Iran, surrendered to occupying British forces. 1905 – Legislation on the separation of church and state in France was adopted, triggering civil disobedience by French Catholics. 1946 – The Doctors' Trial, the trial for crimes committed in Nazi human experimentation during World War II, began in Nuremberg, Germany. 1961 – Tanganyika gained independence from Britain (Tanganyika would become part of Tanzania three years later). 1979 – A World Health Organization commission of eminent scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox (pictured), making it the only human infectious disease to have been completely eradicated from nature. More events: December 8 – December 9 – December 10 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 10:38, June 15, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Moved birth from article:

• 1962 - Marcus Vasconcellos, engineer

Vanity. Lupo 11:09, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Anna's Day?

Can anyone verify Anna's Day? Seems kind of fishy. DenisMoskowitz 17:05, 2004 Dec 8 (UTC) December 9 is Saint Anna/Anne's Day in the Greek Orthodox Calendar.

December 29th 2005 - I'm Finnish and we have a folklore tradition of Anna, St.Anne, mother of Virgin Mary, on December 9th. It is believed that she was adopted as Goddess Annikki from Karelien - to give in Finnish is "antaa" so "Annikki" means (loosely) "the Giver". She was believed to wear a green mantel and to be the daughter of the Forest God Tapio. Anyway, it was a tradition to bake on Anna's day and the beer had to be made the latest on this day. In Swedish Anna rhymes with "kanna", which means pitcher. So in Finland she was depicted with a tray of bread and in Sweden with a pitcher. "Anna med kannan" - Anne with the pitcher. But yes, the day is celebrated in Scandinavia, even when it's not very common day. It's mainly because the 10th of December is the Nobel day and the 9th is the Nobel day in Norway - and on 13th St.Lucy is being celebrated - and both these days are HUGE! [Ketutar]

jhaniz birthday!!! december 9 1989 was when she was born!!!

What's with "Anti - corruption day"? No details... DaveWF 04:46, 7 January 2006 (UTC)