Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

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

1961  On December - 09 "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs   

1962  "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history tanganyika becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth   

1963  On this day in history frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped   

1963  Zanzibar gains independence from Britain on December - 09.   

1964  On December - 09 edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77   

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

1965  "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres on this day in history.   

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

1967  On December - 09 jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace   

1967  On December - 09 lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in the White House   

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

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 December - 09 lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court   

1971  On December - 09 ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC   

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  On December - 09 william A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79   

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

1977  Clarice Lispector, writer, dies on December - 09.   

1978  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 61øF in Boston at 1 AM   

1981  On December - 09 porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders   

1981  On this day in history tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56   

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

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

1983  On this day in history 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 this day in history david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53   

1984  On December - 09 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends   

1985  On this day in history phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow   

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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  On December - 09 birth of edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony   

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 December - 09 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  On December - 09 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 December - 09 sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70   

1544  Death of Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) on December - 09.   

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 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.