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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_9" title="December 9">December 9</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Anti-Corruption_Day" title="International Anti-Corruption Day">International Anti-Corruption Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a> – In a memoir read to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Academy_of_Sciences" title="French Academy of Sciences">French Academy of Sciences</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel" title="Augustin-Jean Fresnel">Augustin-Jean Fresnel</a></b> coined the terms <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_polarization" title="Linear polarization">linear</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_polarization" title="Circular polarization">circular</a></i>, and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptical_polarization" title="Elliptical polarization">elliptical polarization</a></i>, and reported a direct refraction experiment verifying his theory that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rotation" title="Optical rotation">optical rotation</a> is a form of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence" title="Birefringence">birefringence</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – The English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> club <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a></b> was founded by the merger of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_East_End_F.C." title="Newcastle East End F.C.">Newcastle East End</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_West_End_F.C." title="Newcastle West End F.C.">West End</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_al-Husayni" title="Hussein al-Husayni">Hussein al-Husayni</a>, the Ottoman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Jerusalem" title="Mayor of Jerusalem">mayor of Jerusalem</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem" title="Battle of Jerusalem">surrendered the city</a></b> to British forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Geun-hye" title="Park Geun-hye">Park Geun-hye</a></b>, the president of South Korea, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye" title="Impeachment of Park Geun-hye">was impeached</a></b>, marking the culmination of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Korean_political_scandal" title="2016 South Korean political scandal">the country's political scandal</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasr_ibn_Sayyar" title="Nasr ibn Sayyar">Nasr ibn Sayyar</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 748); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kelley" title="Joe Kelley">Joe Kelley</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1871); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feroz_Khan_Noon" title="Feroz Khan Noon">Feroz Khan Noon</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1970)</p>
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