Historical Events In December - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1961 On December - 04 smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
1961 Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN on this day in history.
1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album on this day in history.
1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner) on December - 04.
1965 On December - 04 launch of Gemini 7 piloted by CDR James A. Lovell, USN. This flight consisted of 206 orbits at an altitude of 327 km and lasted 13 days and 18 hours. Recovery by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18)
1967 On December - 04 bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
1969 Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago on this day in history.
1969 Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 on December - 04.
1971 Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies on this day in history.
1973 On December - 04 michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67
1974 On this day in history dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
1974 On this day in history lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36
1975 Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5] on this day in history.
1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner) on this day in history.
1976 Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63 on December - 04.
1977 On December - 04 jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
1977 On December - 04 leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
1978 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor on this day in history.
1978 On December - 04 pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1978 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on December - 04.
1979 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero) on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
1980 Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69 on this day in history.
1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV on December - 04.
1981 On December - 04 according to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
1981 President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence on this day in history.
1983 Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
1984 On December - 04 hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
1984 On December - 04 john Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser on December - 04.
1985 Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89
1987 On December - 04 rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
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