Today In History -- on December 9th in

Posted: 12/9/05 at 5:50am

0536 Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten

1688 King James II's wife & son flee England for France

1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Massachusetts colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin

1783 1st execution at English Newgate-jail

1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade" published

1905 Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premieres in Dresden

1925 Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange & Bears beat Giants before 73,000

1941 Hitler orders US ships torpedoed

1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace

1966, The Beatles album 'A Collection Of Beatles Oldies' was released in the UK.

1972, Helen Reddy went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Am Woman', didn't chart in the UK.

1973 "Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances

1982 Mary-Beth & William Hurt divorce

1989 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne Australia

1990, Paula Abdul was taken to North Hollywood Medical Centre after being involved in a car crash in Los Angeles

2001, Channel 4 TV apologised to viewers after Madonna said 'mother****er' during live UK TV coverage at The Tate Gallery, London. Madonna was presenting a prize to artist Martin Creed. A TV spokesman said that did have a bleeper system but they missed the offending word.

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Roman Catholic Observance: Commemoration of St Peter Fourier, French priest


Updated On: 12/9/05 at 05:50 AM

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Posted: 12/9/05 at 9:34am

Thanks Jose'!
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