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class="layout-grid__main tpl-banner__content"><p class=tpl-banner__abstract></p> <section class="otd-main--new"><article class="otd-row otd-detail"> <h3 class="otd-cat">What Happened On This Day – December 9</h3><ul class="list--big"><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1979</strong> WHO declares the eradication of smallpox</h3> <p class="otd-text">The World Health Organization officially certified that after a number of concentrated vaccination campaigns around the world smallpox had been eradicated. Only two infectious diseases have been completely eradicated in history; the other is Rinderpest, which is an infectious disease of cattle that was eradicated in 2011.</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1965</strong> A Charlie Brown Christmas made its debut on television</h3> <p class="otd-text">The popular animated musical special about Christmas was based on Charles M. Schulz's comic strip called Peanuts. The special was critically acclaimed as a telling commentary on the loss of the spirit of Christmas among Americans. It is now screened every year at Christmas time around the world. </p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1961</strong> Tanganyika gains independence</h3> <p class="otd-text">The Republic of Tanganyika was administered by the British from 1916 until 1961. Part of German East Africa, the territory was officially handed over to the British by League of Nations mandate in 1922. The Republic was short-lived. In April 1964, it joined the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which became the United Republic of Tanzania in 1965.</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1960</strong> First episode of Coronation Street airs</h3> <p class="otd-text">The longest running TV soap opera, this British production follows the life of people living on Coronation Street, a fictional street in a fictional suburb of Manchester.</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1893</strong> Auguste Vaillant bombs the French Chamber of Deputies</h3> <p class="otd-text">Auguste Vaillant, a French anarchist, bombed the French Chamber of Deputies. No one was hurt in the attack, but Vaillant was sentenced and executed for his actions.</p> </li></ul></article><article class="otd-row otd-life"><div class="otd-life__block"> <div class="otd-life__header"> <img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/n/i/on-this-day__births.svg" width="101" height="101" alt="Illustration of stork, signifying birth"> <h3 class="otd-life__title">Births On This Day,<br/> December 9</h3> </div><ul class="list--big"><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1968</strong> Kurt Angle</h3> <p class="otd-text">American wrestler, actor</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1953</strong> John Malkovich</h3> <p class="otd-text">American actor</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1934</strong> Judi Dench</h3> <p class="otd-text">English actress</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1895</strong> Dolores Ibárruri</h3> <p class="otd-text">Spanish politician</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1608</strong> John Milton</h3> <p class="otd-text">English poet</p> </li></ul></div><div class="otd-life__block"> <div class="otd-life__header"> <img src="//c.tadst.com/gfx/n/i/on-this-day__deaths.svg" width="101" height="101" alt="Illustration of tombstone, signifying death"> <h3 class="otd-life__title">Deaths On This Day,<br/> December 9</h3> </div><ul class="list--big"><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>2012</strong> Patrick Moore</h3> <p class="otd-text">English astronomer, television host</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1998</strong> Archie Moore</h3> <p class="otd-text">American boxer</p> </li><li> <h3 class="otd-title"><strong>1979</strong> Fulton J. 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