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 December - 09 fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]   

1913  On December - 09 heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris   

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  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 on December - 09.   

1916  On this day in history the birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor   

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

1916  On December - 09 p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

1917  On December - 09 british forces capture Jerusalem   

1917  On this day in history british forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem   

1918  French troops occupies Mainz on this day in history.   

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

1919  William Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate on December - 09.   

1920  On December - 09 carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic   

1922  On this day in history gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president   

1922  On this day in history redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford & Son, Redd Foxx Show)   

1924  Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed on December - 09.   

1924  On this day in history bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70   

1925  On this day in history aL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000   

1925  Dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8) on December - 09.   

1925  On this day in history eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81   

1926  On December - 09 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  Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954) on December - 09.   

1929  Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart)   

1930  On December - 09 jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies   

1931  On December - 09 spain becomes a republic   

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

1931  William Reynolds, American actor on this day in history.   

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on this day in history.   

1447  On December - 09 birth of chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)   

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 this day in history birth of adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect   

1579  On December - 09 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  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1165  On December - 09 malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on December - 09.   

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

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

1565  On this day in history pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66   

1603  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on December - 09.   

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.