Event:
Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it"
More Notable Events on December 9:
1992 Operation Restore Hope - U.S. Marines land in Somalia
1990 Lech Walesa wins presidental election in Poland
1987 Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
1985 Phoenix Arizona, gets 3 inches of snow
