Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

1961  Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania on December - 09.   

1961  On this day in history "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs   

1962  "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway on December - 09.   

1962  Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1963  Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped on December - 09.   

1963  Zanzibar gains independence from Britain on December - 09.   

1964  Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium   

1965  On December - 09 "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres   

1966  Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 on December - 09.   

1967  Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace on December - 09.   

1967  Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in the White House on December - 09.   

1967  On December - 09 nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania   

1968  On this day in history doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

1970  Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 on December - 09.   

1971  Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court on December - 09.   

1971  Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC on December - 09.   

1974  On December - 09 johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail   

1974  George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies on December - 09.   

1975  President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC on December - 09.   

1975  William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 on December - 09.   

1976  Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1977  Clarice Lispector, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1978  Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 09 fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84   

1980  61øF in Boston at 1 AM on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders   

1981  Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56 on December - 09.   

1982  Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce on December - 09.   

1982  Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 09 attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"   

1983  On December - 09 david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53   

1984  On this day in history 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends   

1985  Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow on December - 09.   

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1392  On December - 09 birth of peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)   

1447  Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) was born on December - 09.   

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

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 December - 09 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 this day in history 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  Death of William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) on December - 09.   

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

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on December - 09.