Daily Calendar for Wednesday, December 9, 2026

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Paul Simon (5-term Democratic congressman and 2-term senator from Illinois who ran unsuccessfully for presidential nomination in 1988) – 2003
Georgia Gibbs (singer) – 2006
Gene Barry (actor) – 2009

Robert Cushman gave first known sermon in the United States, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts – 1621
Noah Webster established The American Minerva, NY’s first daily newspaper – 1793
Canada’s first coin club, Numismatic Society of Montreal, formed – 1862
Lincoln letter sold for $748,000 – 1935
First Heisman Trophy awarded to Jay Berwanger – 1935
Quebec adopted a new coat of arms – 1939
British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II – 1940
Bob Waterfield became the first professional football player to kick 5 field goals in one game – 1951
Public debut of the computer mouse, in San Francisco – 1968
Marguerite d’Youville became first Canadian-born saint – 1990
Twin polar bear cubs were born at the Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich, Germany – 2013