Historical Events In December - 09

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

1910  On December - 09 dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival)   

1911  Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol) on December - 09.   

1912  Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12] on December - 09.   

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

1914  On this day in history frances Reid, American actress   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1917  British forces capture Jerusalem on this day in history.   

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

1918  On December - 09 french troops occupies Mainz   

1918  On December - 09 jerome Beatty Jr., American author   

1919  On December - 09 william Lipscomb, American chemist, Nobel laureate   

1920  On this day in history carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic   

1922  On December - 09 gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president   

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

1924  On December - 09 dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed   

1924  Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)   

1925  Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.   

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

1929  On December - 09 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 this day in history spain becomes a republic   

1931  Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history william Reynolds, American actor   

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1392  On this day in history 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  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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1603  On December - 09 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.