Born on 9 December 1965

At A Glance

9 December 1965 at a glance

Day of the week

9 December 1965 was a Thursday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“The Carnival Is Over” by The Seekers was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1965

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1965 was The Sound of Music.

Star sign

The star sign for 9 December is Sagittarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 9 December 1965 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for December is Turquoise.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 9 December 1965 was Full Moon.

On this day: 9 December

• 1960 The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
• 1961 Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
• 1968 Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
• 1969 U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
• 1971 Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.

Famous people born on 9 December

• Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (1916–2020)
• John Malkovich, American actor and producer (born 1953)
• Judi Dench, English actress (born 1934)
• Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician (born 1946)

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