Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

1932  On December - 09 jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician   

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

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

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1940  British assault on Banghazi Libya on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 on December - 09.   

1944  On this day in history laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28   

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 this day in history.   

1949  On December - 09 dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty   

1951  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

1954  On December - 09 dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad   

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

1957  1st Japanese ambassador to Israel on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society   

1959  Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 on December - 09.   

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

1961  On December - 09 sS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel   

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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  On this day in history birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.   

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

1581  On this day in history 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  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

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  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.