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My name is Jack, and today I have another episode of this day in World history for December 9 in the year 536.
On December 9, the byzantine General Belisarius entered Rome while the ostrogothic garrison peacefully left the city, returning the city to the Eastern Roman Empire.
On December 9, 1851, the first YMCA Young Men's christian association in the United States was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 9, 1905.
In France, the law separating church and state was passed.
On December 9, 1935, the downtown Athletic Club trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, was awarded for the first time.
The University of Chicago's J.
Burwinger was the recipient.
On December 9, 1941, China and the Republic of China officially declared war on Japan.
On December 9, 1950, Harry Gold was sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan project to the Soviet Union.
His testimony was later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
On December 9, 1960, the first episode of the popular animated sitcom the Flintstones aired on ABC.
On December 9, 1987.
The intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty was signed by US President Ronald Reagan and soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
On December 9, 1990, Lek Watissa became the first directly elected president of Poland, and on December 9, 2008, the governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, was arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes, including attempting to sell the US Senate seat being vacated by President elect Barack Obama.
And these are just a few examples of the major historical events that have occurred on December 9 throughout history.
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