Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

1961  Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1963  Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped on this day in history.   

1963  Zanzibar gains independence from Britain on December - 09.   

1964  Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 on December - 09.   

1965  Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium on this day in history.   

1965  "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres on December - 09.   

1966  On December - 09 yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79   

1967  Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace on this day in history.   

1967  Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in the White House on December - 09.   

1967  Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania on December - 09.   

1968  On this day in history 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  Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 09 johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail   

1974  George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies on this day in history.   

1975  President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC on December - 09.   

1975  On this day in history william A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79   

1976  On this day in history nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71   

1977  Clarice Lispector, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1978  On December - 09 pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus   

1979  On December - 09 fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84   

1980  61øF in Boston at 1 AM on this day in history.   

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

1981  On December - 09 tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56   

1982  On December - 09 mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce   

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  David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends   

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

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

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  On December - 09 birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

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  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 December - 09.   

1292  On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.