Talk:December 9
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December 9: Independence Day in Tanzania (1961)
- 1897 - Stage actress, journalist and leading suffragette Marguerite Durand founded the feminist newspaper La Fronde.
- 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.
- 1958 - The John Birch Society was founded to fight the perceived threat of communism in the United States.
- 1961 - Tanganyika (flag pictured) gained independence from Britain (Tanganyika would become part of Tanzania three years later).
Recent days: December 8 – December 7 – December 6
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)
