Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  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  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 this day in history george Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies   

1975  On December - 09 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  61øF in Boston at 1 AM on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history 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 December - 09.   

1983  On December - 09 attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"   

1983  David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 on December - 09.   

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

1985  On this day in history 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 December - 09 birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

1561  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

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 December - 09.   

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  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 December - 09.   

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.