Historical Events In December - 09

1932  Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician on December - 09.   

1933  On December - 09 21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3   

1933  On December - 09 milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56)   

1933  Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1934  The birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress on December - 09.   

1934  On this day in history nY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship   

1935  Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder on December - 09.   

1936  AL OKs night baseball for St Louis on this day in history.   

1939  27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7 on December - 09.   

1940  British troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II on December - 09.   

1940  Illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history british assault on Banghazi Libya   

1940  Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle on December - 09.   

1941  On this day in history china declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy   

1941  Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester" on December - 09.   

1941  The first US WW II bombing mission in the Far East, Luzon, Philippines on December - 09.   

1941  On this day in history 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines   

1941  On this day in history leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61   

1944  Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 on December - 09.   

1948  On this day in history uN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide   

1948  On December - 09 sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies   

1949  On December - 09 dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty   

1951  Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany on December - 09.   

1951  On December - 09 voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ   

1953  On this day in history general Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired   

1954  Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad on December - 09.   

1956  On this day in history hans Barth, composer, dies at 59   

1957  1st Japanese ambassador to Israel on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 09 carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies   

1958  On December - 09 robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society   

1958  On this day in history robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society   

1959  Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1960  1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV on this day in history.   

1961  SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on this day in history.   

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1392  On this day in history birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

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  On December - 09 birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

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  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639)   

1581  On December - 09 birth of emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange   

1165  On this day in history malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24   

1292  On this day in history sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history 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