Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

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

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

1911  On this day in history broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol)   

1912  Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12] on December - 09.   

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

1914  On this day in history frances Reid, American actress   

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

1916  On this day in history 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  On December - 09 the birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor   

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

1916  On this day in history p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem on this day in history.   

1917  British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem on this day in history.   

1918  French troops occupies Mainz on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81   

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

1927  Pierre Henry, composer on December - 09.   

1928  On December - 09 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 this day in history.   

1930  Buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart) on December - 09.   

1930  Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies on this day in history.   

1931  Spain becomes a republic on this day in history.   

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

1931  William Reynolds, American actor on this day in history.   

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1392  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

1569  On this day in history 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  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on December - 09.   

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.   

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

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 December - 09.   

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

1603  On December - 09 death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on December - 09.   

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.