What day of the week was December 9, 1937?

The day of the week December 9th, 1937 fell on was a Thursday.

There were 16 days until Christmas.

Gustaf Dalén the Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) died on this day in 1937.

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).