Today in History for 9th December 2025
Historical Events1974 - Howard Cosell briefly interviews rocker John Lennon, and Frank Gifford chats with California governor Ronald Reagan, during halftime of Monday Night Football broadcast from the Coliseum in Los Angeles, California1988 - Premiere of fact based crime drama film "Mississippi Burning"2016 - South Korean MPs vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye2019 - US officials "deliberately misled" the public on progress of the Afghanistan war, hid that it was a lost cause, according to The Washington Post analysis of the "Afghanistan Papers"2023 - 89th Heisman Trophy Award: Jayden Daniels, LSU (QB)More Historical Events Famous Birthdays1787 - John Dobson, English architect, born in High Chirton, North Shields, England (d. 1865)1902 - Rab Butler, British politician who favoured appeasement, born in Attock Serai, British India (d. 1982)1904 - Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist (1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, work with split-brain research), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1994)1965 - Brad Savage, American actor (Red Dawn), born in Livonia, Michigan1974 - Wendy Dillinger, American female soccer player and coach, born in St. Charles County, MissouriMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1674 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman, lawyer, chief advisor to Charles I, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II, dies at 651775 - Pietro Gnocchi, Italian sacred music composer, choir director Brescia Cathedral, 1723-33 and 1762-75), priest, historian, and geographer, dies at 862004 - David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940)2014 - Jos Feghali, Brazilian concert pianist (Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, 1985), takes his own life at 532023 - Frank Wycheck, American football tight end (Pro Bowl 1998, 99, 2000; Washington Redskins, Houston/Tennessee Oilers-Titans), dies after a fall at 52More Famous Deaths