354 Historic Events for December 9
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Judi Dench, York England, actress (Henry V, Wetherby)
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| 1934 |
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Al Kaline, Baltimore Md, baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
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| 1934 |
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Alan Ridout, composer
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| 1934 |
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Milton Gray Campbell, Plainfield NJ, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1956)
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| 1934 |
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[Amos] Junior Wells, Memphis Tn, blues singer (In My Younger Days)
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| 1934 |
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NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship
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| 1935 |
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Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader
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| 1936 |
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Australia all out 58 v Eng Bradman out for a duck
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| 1936 |
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AL OKs night baseball for St Louis
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| 1938 |
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William Thomas McKinley, composer
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Elizabeth H "Rina" Venter, South African minister of Health care
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David Houston, rocker
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[David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end (LA, SD, Washington)
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| 1939 |
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Russian air raid on Helsinki
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| 1939 |
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27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7
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| 1940 |
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Illeagal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius
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| 1940 |
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Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle
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| 1940 |
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British assault on Banghazi Libya
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South Australia all out for 47 v NSW, O'Reilly 5-11
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| 1940 |
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Sammy Strain, US singer (Imperials-Hurt So Bad)
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| 1940 |
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British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
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| 1941 |
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Dan Hicks, rocker
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| 1941 |
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Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61
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| 1941 |
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Beau Bridges, LA Calif, actor (Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer)
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| 1941 |
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Hitler orders US ships torpedoed
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