Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

1932  Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician on December - 09.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1936  On this day in history aL OKs night baseball for St Louis   

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

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

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

1940  British assault on Banghazi Libya on December - 09.   

1940  On this day in history maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

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 December - 09 leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61   

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

1948  UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide on December - 09.   

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

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

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

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 December - 09.   

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

1957  On December - 09 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  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  On this day in history 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV   

1961  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

1569  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  On this day in history birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

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

1579  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

1581  On this day in history birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1165  On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

1437  On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.   

1603  On December - 09 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  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.