Historical Events In December - 09

1932  On December - 09 jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician   

1933  21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56)   

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on December - 09.   

1934  The birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress on December - 09.   

1934  On this day in history nY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship   

1935  Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder on this day in history.   

1936  AL OKs night baseball for St Louis on this day in history.   

1939  On December - 09 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7   

1940  On December - 09 british troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II   

1940  On this day in history illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius   

1940  On December - 09 british assault on Banghazi Libya   

1940  On December - 09 maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

1941  China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy on December - 09.   

1941  On December - 09 citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"   

1941  The first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines on December - 09.   

1941  On December - 09 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines   

1941  Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 on December - 09.   

1944  Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 on December - 09.   

1948  UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide on this day in history.   

1948  On December - 09 sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies   

1949  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty on this day in history.   

1951  Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany on this day in history.   

1951  Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ on this day in history.   

1953  General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired on December - 09.   

1954  On this day in history dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad   

1956  On this day in history hans Barth, composer, dies at 59   

1957  On this day in history 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel   

1957  On this day in history carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies   

1958  Robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society on this day in history.   

1958  Robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47   

1960  On this day in history 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV   

1961  SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on this day in history.   

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1392  On December - 09 birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  On December - 09 birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1165  On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.   

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on December - 09.   

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1603  On December - 09 death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on December - 09.   

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.