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  On December - 09 broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol)   

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 December - 09.   

1914  Frances Reid, American actress on this day in history.   

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

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem on December - 09.   

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

1918  French troops occupies Mainz on December - 09.   

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

1919  William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate on December - 09.   

1920  On December - 09 carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic   

1922  On December - 09 gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president   

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

1924  On December - 09 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 this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81   

1926  On this day in history uSGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs   

1927  Pierre Henry, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1930  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC   

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  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.   

1579  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

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

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on December - 09.   

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

1603  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90