Page 4: Historical Events In December - 09

1910  French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir on this day in history.   

1910  Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival) on December - 09.   

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 December - 09.   

1914  Frances Reid, American actress on December - 09.   

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

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

1916  P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 on December - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1920  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic on this day in history.   

1922  Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president on December - 09.   

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

1924  Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1926  On December - 09 uSGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs   

1927  On this day in history pierre Henry, composer   

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 December - 09 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  On December - 09 benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC   

1931  On December - 09 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  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.   

1561  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

1569  On December - 09 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on December - 09.   

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  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on this day in history.   

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

1636  On December - 09 giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90