Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

1910  French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir   

1910  Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival)   

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

1912  Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]   

1913  Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris   

1914  Frances Reid, American actress   

1915  Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s)   

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   

1916  Kirk Douglas, American actor is born   

1916  Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog).   

1916  P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73.   

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem.   

1917  British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem   

1918  French troops occupies Mainz.   

1918  Jerome Beatty Jr., American author.   

1919  William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate.   

1920  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic.   

1922  Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president.   

1922  Redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show).   

1924  Dutch and Hungary trade treaty signed   

1924  Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70   

1925  AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raise to $40000   

1925  Dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8).   

1925  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81.   

1926  USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs   

1927  Pierre Henry, composer.   

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

1929  Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954)   

1929  Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies   

1930  Buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart).   

1930  Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies.   

1931  Spain is recorded as becoming a republic.   

1931  Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC   

1931  William Reynolds, American actor   

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1392  Peter: Prince/regent of portugal/writer (virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1447  Chenghua: Emperor of china   

1561  Edwin sandys: A founder of virginia colony   

1569  Martinus de porres: Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  Adrian a metius: Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

1579  Martin de porres: Peruvian saint   

1579  Martinus de porres: Peruvian saint (patron of social justice)   

1581  Emilia secunda antwerpiana: Daughter of willem of orange   

1165  Death of Malcom iv: King of scotland (1153-65),   

1292  Death of Sa'di: Great persian poet (orchard, rose garden),   

1437  Sigismund: German emperor/king of hungary/bohemia,   

1544  Death of Teofilo folengo: Italian poet (b. 1491)   

1565  Death of Pius iv: [gianangelo de' medici], italian pope (1559-65),   

1603  Death of William watson: English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  Ubbo emmius: [van embden], frisian humanist/historian,   

1636  Death of Giovanni b aleotti: Ital writer/theater architect,