Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

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

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 December - 09.   

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

1963  On this day in history frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped   

1963  Zanzibar gains independence from Britain on December - 09.   

1964  Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 on December - 09.   

1965  Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium on this day in history.   

1965  "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres on December - 09.   

1966  On this day in history yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79   

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  Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania on December - 09.   

1968  Doug Engelbart demonstrates first computer mouse at Stanford on December - 09.   

1970  On this day in history artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65   

1971  Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1974  George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71   

1977  On this day in history clarice Lispector, writer, dies   

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

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

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

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

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  David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 on December - 09.   

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

1985  On December - 09 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  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  On December - 09 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  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 09 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  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 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  On this day in history giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90