Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

1932  Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician on this day in history.   

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

1933  On December - 09 milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56)   

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  NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship on December - 09.   

1935  Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder on December - 09.   

1936  AL OKs night baseball for St Louis on this day in history.   

1939  27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7 on December - 09.   

1940  On December - 09 british troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II   

1940  On this day in history illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius   

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

1940  On this day in history maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

1941  China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy on December - 09.   

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  1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines on this day in history.   

1941  Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 on December - 09.   

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

1948  On December - 09 uN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide   

1948  Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies on this day in history.   

1949  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty on December - 09.   

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 December - 09 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 December - 09.   

1957  1st Japanese ambassador to Israel on December - 09.   

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

1958  Robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1961  On this day in history sS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel   

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1392  On this day in history 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  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on December - 09.   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 09 birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on December - 09.   

1165  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.