Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

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

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 December - 09.   

1963  Zanzibar gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 09 edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77   

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

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

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

1967  Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace on December - 09.   

1967  On December - 09 lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in the White House   

1967  On December - 09 nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania   

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 December - 09 lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court   

1971  On this day in history ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC   

1974  Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail on December - 09.   

1974  George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies on December - 09.   

1975  On this day in history president Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC   

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

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

1977  Clarice Lispector, writer, dies on December - 09.   

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 December - 09.   

1981  Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders on this day in history.   

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

1983  David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 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  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on December - 09.   

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 December - 09.   

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90