Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On December - 06 george Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"   

1975  H-46 Sea Knight helicopters from NAS Whidbey Island began search and rescue operations in the northwestern Washington state areas flooded by heavy rains on this day in history.   

1977  South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn   

1980  NASA launches Intelsat V on December - 06.   

1982  On December - 06 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland   

1982  On December - 06 sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce   

1983  On December - 06 a bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis   

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage on December - 06.   

1984  Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 on December - 06.   

1985  On this day in history john Cougar Mellencamp promised 24,000 people at a New York City concert that he would refund their $17.50 tickets. A power outage had caused a 20-minute interruption during this, his debut concert.   

1985  On this day in history uK joins US Star Wars project   

1985  Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1986  On December - 06 malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22   

1987  3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" on December - 06.   

1987  James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies on December - 06.   

1988  Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden on December - 06.   

1988  Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown on December - 06.   

1988  On December - 06 sTS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission   

1988  On this day in history bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63   

1989  Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal on this day in history.   

1989  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1990  Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages on December - 06.   

1990  Tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 06 "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres   

1991  Brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 06 ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62   

1992  Riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India on December - 06.   

1992  On December - 06 hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91   

1993  Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85 on this day in history.   

1994  Apple filed a lawsuit against a San Francisco software firm called Canyon Co., alleging the company had stolen thousands of lines of code from Apple's QuickTime for Windows on December - 06.   

1994  AJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1995  After a long and heated debate, House and Senate committee members agreed on the final wording of the Communications Decency Act, which made it a crime to provide pornography to minors over the Internet on December - 06.   

1995  Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.   

1550  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76   

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.