Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

1910  On this day in history french troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir   

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

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

1914  On December - 09 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 December - 09 the birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor   

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

1916  P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem on this day in history.   

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

1918  On December - 09 french troops occupies Mainz   

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

1919  On this day in history william Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

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  On this day in history dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed   

1924  On this day in history 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  On this day in history dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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  On December - 09 buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart)   

1930  Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies on December - 09.   

1931  Spain becomes a republic on this day in history.   

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

1931  On this day in history william Reynolds, American actor   

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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  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

1565  Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 on December - 09.   

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 December - 09.   

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