Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

1932  On this day in history jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician   

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

1933  Milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56) on this day in history.   

1933  On December - 09 morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies   

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

1934  NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship on this day in history.   

1935  Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history aL OKs night baseball for St Louis   

1939  On this day in history 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7   

1940  On December - 09 british troops first major offensive in North Africa during WW II   

1940  On this day in history illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius   

1940  On this day in history british assault on Banghazi Libya   

1940  Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1941  China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy on this day in history.   

1941  On December - 09 citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"   

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

1941  On December - 09 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines   

1941  Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 on December - 09.   

1944  Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1948  UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide on this day in history.   

1948  Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies on this day in history.   

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  General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired on this day in history.   

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

1956  On December - 09 hans Barth, composer, dies at 59   

1957  On December - 09 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel   

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

1958  Robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society on this day in history.   

1958  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

1960  On December - 09 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV   

1961  SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on December - 09.   

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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 December - 09.   

1569  On this day in history 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  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

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  Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 on December - 09.   

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  On this day in history death of teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)   

1565  On December - 09 pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66   

1603  On this day in history death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78   

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