On December 9, 1958, the John Birch Society was founded in the United States. December 9 marks the birthdays of
- poet and anti-censorship advocate John Milton, author of “Paradise Lost” (1608) and “Areopagitica” (1644)
- Russian prince and anarchist theoretician Peter Kropotkin (1842), author of “Mutual Aid”
- actor John Malkovitch (1953), director and star of “The Dancer Upstairs” as well as eponymous actor/character of “Being John Malkovich”