Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

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

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

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

1935  Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.   

1940  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 09 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 this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty   

1951  On December - 09 voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany   

1951  On December - 09 voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ   

1953  General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired on this day in history.   

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

1956  Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1957  On December - 09 carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies   

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 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 this day in history.   

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1392  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on December - 09.   

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

1603  On this day in history 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