Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

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

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

1962  On this day in history "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway   

1962  Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth on December - 09.   

1963  On December - 09 frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped   

1963  On December - 09 zanzibar gains independence from Britain   

1964  On this day in history edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77   

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 December - 09.   

1967  On December - 09 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  Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford on December - 09.   

1970  On December - 09 artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65   

1971  Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court on December - 09.   

1971  Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC on December - 09.   

1974  Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail on December - 09.   

1974  On December - 09 george Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1976  Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 on December - 09.   

1977  Clarice Lispector, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus   

1979  On this day in history fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84   

1980  On this day in history 61øF in Boston at 1 AM   

1981  On December - 09 porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders   

1981  On December - 09 tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56   

1982  Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 09 fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87   

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  On December - 09 david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53   

1984  6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends on December - 09.   

1985  Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow 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 December - 09.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

1581  On this day in history birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

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  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on December - 09.   

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

1603  On December - 09 death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  On December - 09 ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.