Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

1910  French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir on December - 09.   

1910  Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival) on December - 09.   

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

1912  On this day in history fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]   

1913  Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris on this day in history.   

1914  Frances Reid, American actress on December - 09.   

1915  Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s) on December - 09.   

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

1916  Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog) on this day in history.   

1916  On December - 09 p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem on December - 09.   

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

1918  French troops occupies Mainz on December - 09.   

1918  Jerome Beatty Jr., American author on this day in history.   

1919  William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1920  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic on December - 09.   

1922  On this day in history gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president   

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

1924  On this day in history dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed   

1924  Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history aL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000   

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

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

1926  USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs on this day in history.   

1927  Pierre Henry, composer on this day in history.   

1928  Dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough) on this day in history.   

1929  On December - 09 bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954)   

1929  On December - 09 willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies   

1930  Buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart) on this day in history.   

1930  Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies on December - 09.   

1931  On December - 09 spain becomes a republic   

1931  On this day in history benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC   

1931  William Reynolds, American actor on December - 09.   

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

1447  On this day in history birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

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

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on December - 09.   

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

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

1581  On December - 09 birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1165  On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

1437  On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

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

1603  On this day in history death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

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

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.