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

1962  On December - 09 tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

1963  Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped on this day in history.   

1963  On December - 09 zanzibar gains independence from Britain   

1964  On this day in history edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77   

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  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  Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail on December - 09.   

1974  On this day in history george Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies   

1975  On this day in history president Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC   

1975  William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71   

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

1980  61øF in Boston at 1 AM on December - 09.   

1981  Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders on December - 09.   

1981  On December - 09 tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56   

1982  On December - 09 mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce   

1982  On December - 09 fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87   

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 this day in history.   

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

1984  6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends on December - 09.   

1985  Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history birth of martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on December - 09.   

1579  On December - 09 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  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange was born on December - 09.   

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 December - 09.   

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  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.