Page 6: Historical Events In December - 09

1961  On this day in history tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania   

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 December - 09 frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped   

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

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  On this day in history "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres   

1966  Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC on this day in history.   

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 December - 09.   

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  Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84 on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 09 61øF in Boston at 1 AM   

1981  Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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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 December - 09.   

1561  Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony was born on this day in history.   

1569  Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice) was born on December - 09.   

1571  Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect was born on this day in history.   

1579  Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) was born on December - 09.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1544  On December - 09 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  On December - 09 death of william Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)   

1625  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1636  Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 on this day in history.