Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

1932  On this day in history jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician   

1933  On December - 09 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3   

1933  On this day in history milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56)   

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on December - 09.   

1934  The birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history nY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship   

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 this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history british troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II   

1940  Illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius on December - 09.   

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

1940  On December - 09 maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

1941  On this day in history china declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy   

1941  Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" on December - 09.   

1941  The first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines on December - 09.   

1941  1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61   

1944  On December - 09 laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28   

1948  UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide on December - 09.   

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

1949  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty on this day in history.   

1951  Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany on December - 09.   

1951  On this day in history voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ   

1953  General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad   

1956  Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 09 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel   

1957  On this day in history carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies   

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  On this day in history robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society   

1959  On this day in history walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47   

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

1961  SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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  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  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 this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

1437  On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  On December - 09 death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

1565  On December - 09 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 this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  On December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90