Page 5: Historical Events In December - 09

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

1933  On this day in history 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  On December - 09 the birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress   

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 December - 09.   

1936  AL OKs night baseball for St Louis on December - 09.   

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 December - 09 illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius   

1940  British assault on Banghazi Libya on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history maletti, Italian general, dies in battle   

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

1944  On December - 09 laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28   

1948  On December - 09 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 December - 09.   

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

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

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

1954  On December - 09 dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad   

1956  Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 on December - 09.   

1957  On this day in history 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel   

1957  Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.   

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

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1392  Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria) was born on December - 09.   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

1561  On this day in history birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

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

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.   

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

1437  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.   

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.