Historical Events In December - 09

1932  On this day in history jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician  

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

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

1933  On December - 09 morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies  

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

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

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1940  On this day in history illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius  

1940  On December - 09 british assault on Banghazi Libya  

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 this day in history citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"  

1941  The first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines on December - 09.  

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 December - 09.  

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

1953  On this day in history general Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired  

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

1956  On this day in history hans Barth, composer, dies at 59  

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

1959  On this day in history walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47  

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  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.  

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  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.  

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

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90