Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

1932  Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician on this day in history.   

1933  21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3 on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.   

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  On this day in history 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  British assault on Banghazi Libya on December - 09.   

1940  On December - 09 maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

1941  China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy on December - 09.   

1941  On this day in history citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"   

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

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  On this day in history laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28   

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

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

1949  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Worttemberg, W Germany   

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

1953  On December - 09 general Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired   

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

1956  Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1957  On December - 09 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel   

1957  Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies on December - 09.   

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

1959  On this day in history walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47   

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

1961  On December - 09 sS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel   

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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 this day in history.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on December - 09.   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on this day in history.   

1571  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

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  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on this day in history.   

1437  On this day in history sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

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

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