FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Archie Moore

Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (born 1913)

Danny Blanchflower

Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1926)

Begum Rokeya

Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (born 1880)

Artem Mikoyan

Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (born 1905)

Hannah (biblical figure)

Christian feast day: Hannah (biblical figure) (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Juan Diego

Christian feast day: Juan Diego

Leocadia

Christian feast day: Leocadia

Nectarius of Auvergne

Christian feast day: Nectarius of Auvergne

Peter Fourier

Christian feast day: Peter Fourier

December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: December 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Public holidays in Russia

Fatherland's Heroes Day (Russia)

Public holidays in Tanzania

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tanganyika from Britain in 1961. (Tanzania)

International Anti-Corruption Day

International Anti-Corruption Day (United Nations)

Public holidays in Antigua and Barbuda

National Heroes Day, formerly V.C. Bird Day. (Antigua and Barbuda)

Armed Forces Day

Navy Day (Sri Lanka)

Hannah (biblical figure)

Christian feast day: Hannah (biblical figure) (Eastern Orthodox Church)