Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

1910  French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir on this day in history.   

1910  Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival) on December - 09.   

1911  Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol) on this day in history.   

1912  Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12] on this day in history.   

1913  Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris on this day in history.   

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  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 on December - 09.   

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

1916  On December - 09 wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog)   

1916  On this day in history p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

1917  On December - 09 british forces capture Jerusalem   

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

1918  On December - 09 french troops occupies Mainz   

1918  On this day in history jerome Beatty Jr., American author   

1919  William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate on December - 09.   

1920  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic on December - 09.   

1922  On this day in history gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president   

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

1924  Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed on this day in history.   

1924  Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 on December - 09.   

1925  On this day in history aL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000   

1925  Dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8) on December - 09.   

1925  On this day in history eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81   

1926  On this day in history uSGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs   

1927  Pierre Henry, composer on December - 09.   

1928  Dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough) on December - 09.   

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

1929  On this day in history willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies   

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 December - 09.   

1931  On this day in history spain becomes a republic   

1931  On this day in history benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC   

1931  On December - 09 william Reynolds, American actor   

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1392  On this day in history 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  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On December - 09 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 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  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 this day in history.   

1437  On December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

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 December - 09 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