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 December - 09.   

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  Zanzibar gains independence from Britain on December - 09.   

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

1965  Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium on December - 09.   

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

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

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

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  Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford on December - 09.   

1970  On December - 09 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 this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history 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  On this day in history president Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC   

1975  On this day in history 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  Clarice Lispector, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1978  Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56   

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  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 this day in history 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  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on December - 09.   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 December - 09.   

1565  On this day in history pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66   

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

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.