In context
- When
- Monday, December 9 199630 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Anniversary
- 30th in 2026
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- AleXa
Who they were
Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman, known professionally as AleXa (Korean: 알렉사) or Kim Se-ri (김세리), formerly Alex Christine, is an American singer based in South Korea. She debuted as a K-pop singer in October 2019. In 2022, she represented her home state Oklahoma in NBC's American Song Contest with the song "Wonderland" where she won with 710 points.
Why this date
AleXa appears on our December 9 calendar for 1996 as a birth entry.
December 9 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1996AleXa
- 2008Governor of Illinois
- 20122012 Nuevo León Learjet 25 crash
- 20132013 Bintaro train crash
- 2016Madagali
- 2016Park Geun-hye
- 2017Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017
- 2017Same-sex marriage in Australia
- 2019Whakaari / White Island
- 2021Central America
- 2022Member of the European Parliament
Also in 1996
- May 11ValuJet Flight 592After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-b…
- September 16Space Shuttle AtlantisSpace Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- September 5Hurricane FranHurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 bill…
- June 14ForeclosureAfter an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the Christian Patriot…
- August 14Killing of Solomos SolomouGreek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remov…
- July 5Dolly (sheep)Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- November 5President of PakistanPakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.
- November 5Bill ClintonBill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
Sources
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“AleXa”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/alexa-1996-december-9, accessed October 27, 2026.
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Questions about this entry
When did AleXa happen?
December 9 1996 — 30 years ago, on a Monday.
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