Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

1910  On December - 09 french troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir   

1910  Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol)   

1912  Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12] on this day in history.   

1913  Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris on this day in history.   

1914  Frances Reid, American actress on this day in history.   

1915  On December - 09 colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s)   

1916  On this day in history 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.   

1916  The birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor on December - 09.   

1916  On this day in history wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog)   

1916  On this day in history p Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73   

1917  On this day in history british forces capture Jerusalem   

1917  British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem on this day in history.   

1918  On December - 09 french troops occupies Mainz   

1918  Jerome Beatty Jr., American author on December - 09.   

1919  On this day in history william Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

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

1922  Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president on this day in history.   

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

1924  On this day in history dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed   

1924  Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 on December - 09.   

1925  On December - 09 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  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history uSGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs   

1927  Pierre Henry, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On December - 09 dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough)   

1929  Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954) on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies   

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

1930  On this day in history jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies   

1931  On December - 09 spain becomes a republic   

1931  Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC on December - 09.   

1931  William Reynolds, American actor on December - 09.   

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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  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.   

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

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

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

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90