December 9

Television

• 1995 - The Timon & Pumbaa episode "Let's Serengeti Out of Here/Congo on Like This" premieres in syndication.
• 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "Bear's Birthday Bash" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
• 2006 - The W.I.T.C.H. episode "X is for Xanadu" premieres.

VHS & DVD releases

• 1990
  • Disney Sing Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs
  • Jiminy Cricket's Christmas
• 1997 - Con Air
• 2003
  • Lizzie McGuire: Fashionably Lizzie and Growing Up Lizzie
  • Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (Re-issue)
  • Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
  • Recess: All Growed Down
• 2008 - Lost: The Complete Fourth Season (ABC Studios)

DVD & Blu-ray releases

• 2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy

People

Births

• 1909 - Freddy Martin (musician)
• 1916 - Kirk Douglas (actor, producer, director, and author)
• 1928 - Dick Van Patten (actor)
• 1931 - Paddi Edwards (actress)
• 1934 - Judi Dench (actress)
• 1941 - Beau Bridges (actor and director)
• 1952 - Michael Dorn (actor and voice actor)
• 1953 - John Malkovich (actor)
• 1957 - Donny Osmond (singer and actor)
• 1958 - Raja Gosnell (director, producer, and editor)
• 1959 - Steve Mackall (voice actor and comedian)
• 1960 - Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (director, writer, producer, animator, and voice actor)
• 1962 - Felicity Huffman (actress)
• 1969 - Allison Smith (actress, singer, writer, and director)
• 1980 - Simon Helberg (actor, comedian, and musician)