Thursday 9th of December 1565

224th Pope Pius IV dies of unknown causes at the age of 66 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Tuesday 9th of December 1608

Poet, polemicist, man of letters and civil servant John Milton known for Paradise Lost is born in Bread Street, London, Cheapside, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Monday 9th of December 1641

Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck dies of unknown causes at the age of 42 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Monday 9th of December 1669

238th Pope Clemens IX dies of a broken heart at the age of 69 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Friday 9th of December 1842

Activist, revolutionary, scientist, geographer and philosopher Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin aka The Anarchist Prince is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

Thursday 9th of December 1915

Criminologist Hans Gustav Adolf Gross dies of unknown causes at the age of 68 in Graz, Steiermark, Austria.

Monday 9th of December 1918

Actor Kirk Douglas is born as Issur Danielovitch in Amsterdam, New York, United States.

Friday 9th of December 1927

Composer and electronic music pioneer Pierre Henry is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Monday 9th of December 1929

Actor and film director John Nicholas Cassavetes is born in New York City, New York, United States.

Tuesday 9th of December 1941

Actor Beau Lloyd Vernet Bridges is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Sunday 9th of December 1956

Religious extremist and mass murderer Baruch Kopel Goldstein known for the Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre is born in New York, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Monday 9th of December 1957

Teen idol Donny Donald Clark Osmond known for his hit song ‘Puppy Love’ is born in Ogden, Utah, United States.

Monday 9th of December 1957

Victim of John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown John Alan Szyc is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Friday 9th of December 1977

19-year-old David Talsma is strangled by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

Friday 9th of December 1983

Noise music band Club Moral play their 27th concert in Cirque Divers, 13, Rue Roture, Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Friday 9th of December 1983

32-year-old Serial killer Gerald Eugene Stano aka Blind Fury is sentenced to death for one murder in Brevard County Courthouse, 506 South Palm Avenue, Titusville, Florida, United States.

It was Stano's third death penalty.

Monday 9th of December 1996

Thirteenth bomb attack by 47-year-old Xenophobic serial bomber Franz Fuchs in Graz, Steiermark, Austria.

Tuesday 9th of December 1997

Serial killer Michael Lee Lockhart is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Lockhart's last words were "a lot of people view what is happening here as evil, but I want you to know that I found love and compassion here. The people who work here, I thank them for the kindness they have shown me and I deeply appreciate all that has been done for me by the people who work here."

Thursday 9th of December 1999

Triple murderer James Lee Beathard is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Beathard's last meal request was for fried catfish, fried chicken, french fries, onion rings, green salad, fresh carrots, and Coke.

Thursday 9th of December 2021

Film director Lina Wertmüller dies of natural causes at the age of 95 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.