Historical Events In December - 09

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

1910  On December - 09 dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival)   

1911  Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol) on December - 09.   

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  The birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor on December - 09.   

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 this day in history british forces capture Jerusalem   

1917  British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem on December - 09.   

1918  French troops occupies Mainz on this day in history.   

1918  Jerome Beatty Jr., American author on this day in history.   

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

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

1922  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70   

1925  On December - 09 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  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1926  USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs on December - 09.   

1927  On December - 09 pierre Henry, composer   

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

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

1929  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies   

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  William Reynolds, American actor on this day in history.   

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on December - 09.   

1447  On December - 09 birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

1561  On this day in history birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on December - 09.   

1571  On this day in history 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  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 December - 09.   

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  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  On December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90