Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

1932  On this day in history jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician   

1933  On this day in history 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3   

1933  Milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56) on December - 09.   

1933  On this day in history morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies   

1934  The birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress on December - 09.   

1934  On December - 09 nY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship   

1935  Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder on December - 09.   

1936  AL OKs night baseball for St Louis on this day in history.   

1939  On December - 09 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7   

1940  On December - 09 british troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II   

1940  On December - 09 illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius   

1940  British assault on Banghazi Libya on December - 09.   

1940  Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle on December - 09.   

1941  On December - 09 china declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy   

1941  Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" on December - 09.   

1941  The first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines   

1941  On this day in history leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61   

1944  Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 on December - 09.   

1948  UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies   

1949  On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty   

1951  On this day in history voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany   

1951  Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 09 general Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired   

1954  Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history hans Barth, composer, dies at 59   

1957  On this day in history 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel   

1957  Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies on December - 09.   

1958  Robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society on this day in history.   

1958  Robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society on December - 09.   

1959  On December - 09 walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47   

1960  On this day in history 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV   

1961  SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on December - 09.   

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on December - 09.   

1447  On this day in history birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

1561  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

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

1571  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

1165  On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  On December - 09 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  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  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 December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90