December 9

December 9 is known as "National Llama Day", according to checkiday.com.

Births

 * 1909 - Freddy Martin (musician)
 * 1916 - Kirk Douglas (actor, producer, director and author)
 * 1928 - Dick Van Patten (actor)
 * 1931 - Paddi Edwards (live-action/voice actress)
 * 1934 - Judi Dench (live-action/voice actress, occasional singer and author)
 * 1937 - Alan Zaslove (animator, director and producer)
 * 1941 - Beau Bridges (live-action/voice actor and director)
 * 1952 - Michael Dorn (live-action/voice actor)
 * 1953 - John Malkovich (actor, director, producer and fashion designer)
 * 1957 - Donny Osmond (singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality and former teen idol)
 * 1958 - Raja Gosnell (director, producer and editor)
 * 1959 - Steve Mackall (voice actor and comedian)
 * 1960 - Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, animator and voice actor)
 * 1962 - Felicity Huffman (live-action/voice actress)
 * 1969 - Allison Smith (actress, singer, writer and director)
 * 1980 - Simon Helberg (live-action/voice actor, comedian and musician)
 * 2005 - Samara Dodman (sister of Gabriel Dodman)

Deaths

 * 2015 - Rusty Jones (drummer)

Television

 * 1965 - A Charlie Brown Christmas was released
 * 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.
 * 1999 - The PB&J Otter premiere on Playhouse Disney with the episode "The Ice Moose".
 * 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)

Movies

 * 2000 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released in Indonesia. (Universal Studios)
 * 2005 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was released in Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. (Disney)

DVD & Blu-ray releases

 * 2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy