This Day in History: Dec. 9

Also on this day: Naturalist Charles Darwin sets out on a round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.

direct to your inboxStorm Bella has officially been named as strong winds and heavy rain are forecast for Boxing Day.The Met Office has said Christmas Day will be relativity calm and cold, but conditions across the UK will turn increasingly unsettled through Saturday and into Sunday. An amber weather warning has been issued for parts of south Wales and across southern England, with gusts expected to reach up to 60-70mph in exposed coastal locations.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Gen.

Chad Stuart, who, as half of the hit British Invasion duo Chad & Jeremy had a string of whispery folk-pop hits in the mid-1960s that included  “A Summer Song,” “Yesterday’s Gone” and “Distant Shores,” died December 20 of pneumonia at his home in Hailey, ID. He was 79.

New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seems to have many a doppelgänger in the entertainment industry. Much ado has been made about the striking physical similarities between her and rapper Princess Nokia.

direct to your inboxA series of changes have been announced to Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4 in England. Health Secretary Matt Hancock lead a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday (December 23) on the coronavirus situation across the UK.

direct to your inboxMore areas in England will move into Tier 4 lockdown. The new alert level - where restrictions are those of the national lockdown - was first introduced Boris Johnson during a televised press conference on Saturday (December 19).

Chad Stuart was a singer with the English duo Chad & Jeremy, who had several hits during the British Invasion of the 1960s.Stuart met Jeremy Clyde while attending school together in London. They soon formed their folk-pop duo and began refining their style, which centered on gentle acoustic guitar and softly sung romantic lyrics.

Also on this day:  French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus would be vindicated eventually.) Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who would brcome the first naturalized U.S.

Also on this day: George Washington, the first president of the United States, dies at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67. Alabama joins the Union as the 22nd state.

Gallery: 10 stars who married young (BANG Showbiz)The weekend vacation comes as Kristin actually denied rumours of a romance between herself and Jeff just weeks ago, and said she was "accepting applications" for a new man. Kristin was first linked to Jeff in October when they were pictured kissing at a bar in Chicago, and sources at the time said she was “enjoying spending time” with the funnyman.

Kristin Cavallari has yet to comment on her fling with comedian Jeff Dye, but the pair couldn’t keep their hands to themselves during a PDA-filled trip to Mexico.Cavallari, 33, and Dye 37, were first linked in October after they were spotted getting cozy in Chicago and have since kept up a flirty back-and-forth on social media.