Page 4: 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  On December - 09 fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]   

1913  Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris on December - 09.   

1914  On this day in history frances Reid, American actress   

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  On this day in history the birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor   

1916  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1918  On December - 09 french troops occupies Mainz   

1918  Jerome Beatty Jr., American author on December - 09.   

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

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

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

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

1924  Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed on December - 09.   

1924  On December - 09 bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70   

1925  AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000 on this day in history.   

1925  Dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8) on December - 09.   

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

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

1927  On December - 09 pierre Henry, composer   

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

1929  On this day in history 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  Buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart) on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 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 December - 09.   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 09.   

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.   

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

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