Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

1910  French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir on December - 09.   

1910  Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol)   

1912  On this day in history fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]   

1913  On December - 09 heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris   

1914  On this day in history frances Reid, American actress   

1915  Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s) on this day in history.   

1916  On December - 09 canadian Pacific inaugurates the 5-mile Connaught Tunnel which eliminated the old route over Rogers Pass and shortened the line through the Selkirk Mountains by 4 1/2 miles.   

1916  On this day in history the birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor   

1916  Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog) on this day in history.   

1916  P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 on December - 09.   

1917  On December - 09 british forces capture Jerusalem   

1917  On December - 09 british forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem   

1918  On this day in history french troops occupies Mainz   

1918  On December - 09 jerome Beatty Jr., American author   

1919  On December - 09 william Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

1920  On this day in history carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic   

1922  Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president on this day in history.   

1922  Redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford & Son, Redd Foxx Show) on this day in history.   

1924  On December - 09 dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed   

1924  On this day in history bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70   

1925  AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)   

1925  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on December - 09.   

1926  USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history pierre Henry, composer   

1928  On this day in history dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough)   

1929  Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954) on December - 09.   

1929  Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies on this day in history.   

1930  Buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart) on this day in history.   

1930  Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history spain becomes a republic   

1931  On December - 09 benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC   

1931  On December - 09 william Reynolds, American actor   

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1392  On December - 09 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 this day in history birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

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

1292  On December - 09 sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1565  On this day in history pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66   

1603  On this day in history death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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