Historical Events In December - 09

1932  Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician on this day in history.  

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

1933  On December - 09 milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56)  

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on December - 09.  

1934  On this day in history the birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress  

1934  On this day in history nY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship  

1935  On this day in history walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder.  

1936  On December - 09 aL OKs night baseball for St Louis  

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

1940  British troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II on December - 09.  

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1940  Illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius on December - 09.  

1940  On December - 09 british assault on Banghazi Libya  

1940  Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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  On December - 09 the first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines  

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

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 December - 09.  

1948  Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies on December - 09.  

1949  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty on this day in history.  

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  General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired on this day in history.  

1954  On this day in history dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad  

1956  Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 on December - 09.  

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

1957  Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies on this day in history.  

1958  On December - 09 robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society  

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

1959  Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.  

1581  On December - 09 birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange  

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on this day in history.  

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 December - 09.  

1544  On this day in history 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  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.