Historical Events In December - 09

1961  On this day in history tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania  

1961  On this day in history "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  On December - 09 frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped  

1963  On this day in history 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 this day in history "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres  

1966  Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 on December - 09.  

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 December - 09.  

1968  Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford on December - 09.  

1970  Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1971  On December - 09 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 December - 09 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  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  Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 on December - 09.  

1977  On December - 09 clarice Lispector, writer, dies  

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 this day in history 61øF in Boston at 1 AM  

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

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

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

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  On December - 09 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends  

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 this day in history birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)  

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on December - 09.  

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  On December - 09 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  On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24  

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on December - 09.  

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

1544  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)  

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 this day in history.  

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on December - 09.  

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.