Historical Events In December - 09

1961  On December - 09 tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania  

1961  "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs on December - 09.  

1962  "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway on this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth  

1963  Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped on December - 09.  

1963  On December - 09 zanzibar gains independence from Britain  

1964  Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1965  On December - 09 nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium  

1965  On December - 09 "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres  

1966  Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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1967  On this day in history jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace  

1967  On this day in history lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in the White House  

1967  On this day in history nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania  

1968  On December - 09 doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford  

1970  On this day in history artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65  

1971  Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court on December - 09.  

1971  Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC on December - 09.  

1974  On this day in history johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail  

1974  On December - 09 george Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies  

1975  President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC on this day in history.  

1975  William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1976  Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history clarice Lispector, writer, dies  

1978  On this day in history pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus  

1979  Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84 on this day in history.  

1980  61øF in Boston at 1 AM on December - 09.  

1981  On December - 09 porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders  

1981  Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1982  Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce on December - 09.  

1982  Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1983  On this day in history attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"  

1983  On this day in history david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53  

1984  6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends on this day in history.  

1985  Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow on this day in history.  

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on December - 09.  

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  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.  

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

1579  On this day in history 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 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 December - 09.  

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

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

1544  On December - 09 death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)  

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

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on December - 09.  

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.