Historical Events In December - 04

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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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.   

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland