Historical Events In December - 09

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

1910  On this day in history dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival)  

1911  Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol) on this day in history.  

1912  On December - 09 fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]  

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

1914  Frances Reid, American actress on December - 09.  

1915  On December - 09 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 on December - 09.  

1916  On December - 09 the birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor  

1916  Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog) on December - 09.  

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

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem on December - 09.  

1917  On December - 09 british forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem  

1918  On this day in history french troops occupies Mainz  

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

1919  On this day in history william Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate  

1920  On this day in history carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic  

1922  On this day in history gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president  

1922  On December - 09 redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford & Son, Redd Foxx Show)  

1924  Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed on this day in history.  

1924  Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 on December - 09.  

1925  On December - 09 aL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000  

1925  On this day in history dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)  

1925  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on December - 09.  

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 December - 09.  

1929  On December - 09 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 on December - 09.  

1930  On this day in history buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart)  

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

1931  Spain becomes a republic on December - 09.  

1931  Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC on December - 09.  

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 December - 09 birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)  

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on December - 09.  

1569  On this day in history 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  On December - 09 birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)  

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

1581  On this day in history 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 this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70  

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.  

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

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on December - 09.  

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

1636  On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90