Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

1961  On this day in history tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania   

1961  "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs on December - 09.   

1962  "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway on December - 09.   

1962  On December - 09 tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

1963  On this day in history frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped   

1963  On this day in history zanzibar gains independence from Britain   

1964  Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1965  On December - 09 nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium   

1965  "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres on December - 09.   

1966  Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace   

1967  On December - 09 lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in the White House   

1967  Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania on December - 09.   

1968  On this day in history doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

1970  Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 on December - 09.   

1971  On this day in history lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court   

1971  On this day in history ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC   

1974  Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail on this day in history.   

1974  George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies on this day in history.   

1975  President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC on this day in history.   

1975  William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 on December - 09.   

1976  Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 09 clarice Lispector, writer, dies   

1978  On December - 09 pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus   

1979  On December - 09 fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84   

1980  61øF in Boston at 1 AM on this day in history.   

1981  Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders on December - 09.   

1981  On this day in history tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56   

1982  On this day in history mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce   

1982  Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1983  Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it" on December - 09.   

1983  David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 on December - 09.   

1984  6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 09 phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow   

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1392  On December - 09 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  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  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.   

1579  On this day in history birth of martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)   

1579  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

1581  On December - 09 birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1165  On this day in history 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 December - 09 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  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.