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Birthdays occurring on December, 9
| 1902 |
Lucius Beebe was born on December 9, 1902
New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed. More quotations from Lucius Beebe |
| 1904 |
Louis Kronenberger was born on December 9, 1904
American writer, 1904-1980The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told. More quotations from Louis Kronenberger |
| 1905 |
Dalton Trumbo was born on December 9, 1905
American newspaper reporter, editor and screenwriter. 1905-1976The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress More quotations from Dalton Trumbo |
| 1906 |
Grace Murray Hopper was born on December 9, 1906
American computer programmer and inventor of COBOL, 1906-1992It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. More quotations from Grace Murray Hopper |
| 1916 |
Kirk Douglas was born on December 9, 1916
American film actor and producer, b.1916When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does More quotations from Kirk Douglas |
Deaths occurring on December, 9
| 1964 |
Dame Edith Sitwell died on December 9, 1964
English poet, critic and biographer brother of Sir Osbert Sitwell, 1887-1964Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd. More quotations from Dame Edith Sitwell |
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