Historical Events In December - 09

1910  French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir on this day in history.  

1910  On December - 09 dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival)  

1911  Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol) on December - 09.  

1912  Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12] on December - 09.  

1913  On December - 09 heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris  

1914  Frances Reid, American actress on this day in history.  

1915  Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s) on this day in history.  

1916  Canadian Pacific inaugurates the 5-mile Connaught Tunnel which eliminated the old route over Rogers Pass and shortened the line through the Selkirk Mountains by 4 1/2 miles on this day in history.  

1916  The birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor on December - 09.  

1916  On December - 09 wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog)  

1916  P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem on this day in history.  

1917  British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem on December - 09.  

1918  On December - 09 french troops occupies Mainz  

1918  On this day in history jerome Beatty Jr., American author  

1919  On December - 09 william Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate  

1920  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic on this day in history.  

1922  Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president on this day in history.  

1922  Redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford & Son, Redd Foxx Show) on this day in history.  

1924  On December - 09 dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed  

1924  On this day in history bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70  

1925  AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000 on December - 09.  

1925  On December - 09 dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)  

1925  On December - 09 eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81  

1926  On this day in history uSGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs  

1927  On this day in history pierre Henry, composer  

1928  Dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough) on December - 09.  

1929  Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954) on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies  

1930  Buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart) on December - 09.  

1930  On December - 09 jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies  

1931  Spain becomes a republic on this day in history.  

1931  On December - 09 benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC  

1931  William Reynolds, American actor on this day in history.  

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on this day in history.  

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.  

1561  On this day in history birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony  

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)  

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.  

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

1579  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)  

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

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.  

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  On December - 09 death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)  

1565  On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66  

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on this day in history.  

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1636  On December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90