Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 9
- 1897 - Marguerite Durand, a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette, founded the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde.
- 1958 - The John Birch Society was founded to fight the perceived threat of Communism in the United States.
- 1960 - Coronation Street was first screened on ITV in the United Kingdom.
- 1990 - Lech Wałęsa won the presidential election to become the first directly elected President of Poland.
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