354 Historic Events for December 9
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Noel Walton Bott, engineer
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| 1909 |
Event |
1st US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, NY)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr, NYC, actor (Ghost Story)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Stephen Jurika Jr, US pilot/capt (WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross)
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| 1910 |
Event |
French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
[William] Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (Hunter, Liar's Moon)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (Rep-D-Mass 1977-86)/Speaker of the House
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| 1913 |
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John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League
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| 1913 |
Event |
Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Herbert Huncke, writer
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jarotschin Germ, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier)
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| 1916 |
Death |
P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog)
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| 1917 |
Event |
British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Kirk Douglas, [Issur Demsky], actor (Gunfight at OK Corral)
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| 1918 |
Event |
French troops occupies Mainz
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| 1922 |
Event |
Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show)
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| 1924 |
Event |
Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president
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| 1924 |
Event |
Dutch and Hungary trade treaty signed
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| 1924 |
Death |
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70
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