Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

1961  Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania on December - 09.   

1961  "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs on this day in history.   

1962  "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway on December - 09.   

1962  Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1963  Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped on December - 09.   

1963  On December - 09 zanzibar gains independence from Britain   

1964  On this day in history edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77   

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

1965  On this day in history "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres   

1966  On this day in history yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79   

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  Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania on this day in history.   

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

1970  On December - 09 artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65   

1971  On this day in history lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court   

1971  On December - 09 ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC   

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  On December - 09 william A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79   

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

1977  On December - 09 clarice Lispector, writer, dies   

1978  Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus on December - 09.   

1979  On this day in history fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84   

1980  On December - 09 61øF in Boston at 1 AM   

1981  On this day in history porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders   

1981  Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56 on December - 09.   

1982  Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On December - 09 david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53   

1984  6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends on December - 09.   

1985  On December - 09 phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow   

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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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on December - 09.   

1165  On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

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

1437  On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on December - 09.   

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