Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

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

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 this day in history.   

1962  On December - 09 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  Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 on December - 09.   

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  Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in the White House on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania   

1968  On this day in history doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

1970  Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 on December - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1975  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

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

1979  On this day in history 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 December - 09.   

1981  On this day in history tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56   

1982  Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 09 fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87   

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  On December - 09 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends   

1985  Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow on December - 09.   

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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 December - 09.   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.   

1579  On December - 09 birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

1579  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

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 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 December - 09.   

1544  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

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 December - 09.