History for December 9 - On-This-Day.com
Gustavus II 1594, John Milton 1608 - Poet, Clarence Birdseye 1886
Kirk Douglas 1916 - Actor, Morton Downey Jr. 1933, Dick Butkus 1942 - Football player
1803 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President.
1854 - Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England.
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