Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

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

1933  On December - 09 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3   

1933  On this day in history 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 December - 09 the birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress   

1934  NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship on this day in history.   

1935  On December - 09 walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder.   

1936  AL OKs night baseball for St Louis on December - 09.   

1939  27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7 on this day in history.   

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

1940  Illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius on this day in history.   

1940  British assault on Banghazi Libya on December - 09.   

1940  On December - 09 maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

1941  China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy on this day in history.   

1941  On December - 09 citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"   

1941  On this day in history 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 December - 09 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  On December - 09 uN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide   

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

1949  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty on December - 09.   

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

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

1953  General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired on December - 09.   

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

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 December - 09.   

1958  On this day in history 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 December - 09.   

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

1960  On December - 09 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV   

1961  On this day in history sS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel   

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 09 birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.