Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

1961  Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania on this day in history.   

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

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

1962  Tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth on December - 09.   

1963  Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped on December - 09.   

1963  Zanzibar gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

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

1965  Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium on December - 09.   

1965  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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

1967  Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania on this day in history.   

1968  On December - 09 doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford   

1970  On December - 09 artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65   

1971  On this day in history lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court   

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  On this day in history george Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies   

1975  On December - 09 president Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC   

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  On this day in history pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus   

1979  On this day in history fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84   

1980  On this day in history 61øF in Boston at 1 AM   

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  On this day in history mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce   

1982  Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 on December - 09.   

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

1983  David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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 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  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 December - 09.   

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  Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice) (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

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  Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies on December - 09.   

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  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  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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