This day in History - December 9

354 Historic Events for December 9
1953 Birth World B Free, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors)
1953 Event Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty mins
1954 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad
1954 Birth Herman Finkers, Dutch cabaret performer
1956 Birth Sylvia, Kokomo Indiana, country singer (Nobody)
1956 Death Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59
1957 Death Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies
1957 Event 1st Japanese ambassador to Israel
1957 Birth Donny Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie)
1958 Event Robert H W Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society
1958 Birth Nancy J Currie, Wilmington DE, Mjr Army/astronaut (STS 57, 70, sk: 88)
1959 Death Kurt Kl„ber, writer, dies
1959 Death Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47
1960 Event 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV
1960 Birth Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder (NY Yankees, Blue Jays)
1961 Event Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
1961 Birth Christiane Jolissaint, Switzerland, tennis star
1961 Birth Ian Andrew Wright, Hamilton NZ, rower (Olympics-96)
1961 Birth Joe Lando, LA Calif, actor (Byron Sully-Dr Quinn)
1961 Event "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs
1961 Event "Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 68 perfs
1961 Event SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
1961 Event Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania
1962 Event "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway
1962 Event Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth