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 this day in history.   

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

1912  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1918  On December - 09 french troops occupies Mainz   

1918  On December - 09 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  Redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford & Son, Redd Foxx Show) on December - 09.   

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

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 December - 09.   

1927  Pierre Henry, composer on December - 09.   

1928  On this day in history dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough)   

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

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 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  Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1931  On December - 09 william Reynolds, American actor   

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1392  On this day in history birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1447  On December - 09 birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

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 this day in history birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

1579  On this day in history birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

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

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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

1544  On December - 09 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  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on December - 09.   

1625  On December - 09 ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

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