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1. General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a Convention against Corruption and designated 9 th  December as International Anti-...

This Day in History: 9th December


1. General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a Convention against Corruption and designated 9th December as International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it.  The Convention entered into force in December 2005.
2. The Constituent Assembly of India met for the first time to write the Constitution of India in 1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House. The inaugural session began at 11 a.m. with the introduction of Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, the temporary Chairman of the Assembly, by Acharya Kripalani.
3. The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, was broadcasted in the United Kingdom. It was centered on the residents' lives of Coronation Street in the fictional town of Weatherfield, a town based on Salford, in its terraced houses, café, corner shop, newsagents, textile factory and The Rovers Return pub. It was made by Granada Television at MediaCity in Trafford Wharf, Greater Manchester.
4. The First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories began, in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in 1987.  

5. Tanganyika became independent from Britain. It was situated between the Indian Ocean and the African Great Lakes of Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika. It adopted a new constitution in 1962 which abolished the monarchy and became a republic within the Commonwealth.