Historical Events In December - 09

1932  Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician on December - 09.   

1933  21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3 on this day in history.   

1933  Milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56) on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies   

1934  The birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress on this day in history.   

1934  On December - 09 nY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship   

1935  On December - 09 walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder.   

1936  AL OKs night baseball for St Louis on December - 09.   

1939  On this day in history 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7   

1940  British troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II on this day in history.   

1940  On December - 09 illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius   

1940  British assault on Banghazi Libya on this day in history.   

1940  On December - 09 maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

1941  On December - 09 china declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy   

1941  Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" on December - 09.   

1941  On this day in history the first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines   

1941  On December - 09 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines   

1941  On December - 09 leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61   

1944  On this day in history laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28   

1948  UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide on this day in history.   

1948  Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies on December - 09.   

1949  On December - 09 dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty   

1951  Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany on December - 09.   

1951  Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history general Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired   

1954  Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad on this day in history.   

1956  Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 09 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel   

1957  Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies on this day in history.   

1958  On December - 09 robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society   

1958  Robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society on December - 09.   

1959  Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 on December - 09.   

1960  1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV on December - 09.   

1961  SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on December - 09.   

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1392  On December - 09 birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

1581  On December - 09 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  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  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90