#dec. 9

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The Palace Theater, right, at 1564 Broadway (between 46th and 47th Streets, and the RKO Mayfair, showing Sin Takes a Holiday with Constance Bennett, December 9, 1930.

Photo: Gottscho-Schleisner via MCNY/Getty Images

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Paul Newman, Diahann Carroll, and Kirk Douglas share a laugh in Paris, Newman and Carroll were filming Paris Blues (1961). photo source: doctormacro.com

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This caricature of John Barrymore as Hamlet, by Al Frueh, appeared in the NY World on December 9, 1923.

Photo: Potrzebie blog

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A silver-sprayed 75-foot high Norway spruce sparkles after its 7,500 bulbs were lighted for the first time in Rockefeller Center, December 9, 1949. At the same time, floodlights from buildings in the center were beamed onto the promenade where 48-spray-like metal plumes, erected in the promenade, held pinwheels designed as snow flakes. The signal for the lighting was given by Peggy, left, and Eileen Murphy, daughters of a Rockefeller center employee. This view is looking west from Fifth Avenue, down the promenade toward the plaza.

Photo: Tom Fitzsimmons for the AP via Design You Trust

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On December 9, 1941, people in Times Square listen to a broadcast of President Roosevelt's declaration of war against Japan.

Photo: Walter Engels for the NY Daily News via Getty Images

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Crowds outside of Macy's, December 9, 1929. Some were there to see the elaborate Christmas window displays and some to shop.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

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A mountain of gifts awaits sorting and delivery in the Post Office on December 9, 1931.

Photo: Stuff Nobody Cares About