Historical Events In December - 07

1959  "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances on December - 07.   

1960  Ivory Coast claims independence from France on December - 07.   

1962  On December - 07 great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1963  On December - 07 ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans   

1964  On this day in history george Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs   

1965  On this day in history chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the first time Chevrolet had produced an annual total surpassing three million vehicles.   

1965  Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the 2 churches in 1054 on this day in history.   

1965  Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 on this day in history.   

1966  A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on December - 07.   

1967  On this day in history "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs   

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

1968  On this day in history orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit   

1968  Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 on December - 07.   

1968  M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 on December - 07.   

1969  Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 on this day in history.   

1970  The Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms on December - 07.   

1970  Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma on this day in history.   

1970  Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

1971  On December - 07 wings release their first album "Wild Life"   

1971  On this day in history "Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC   

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on December - 07.   

1972  On this day in history apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched   

1972  Phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant on this day in history.   

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on December - 07.   

1973  On December - 07 wings release "Band on the Run"   

1975  Canadian skier Ken Read is the first Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France on December - 07.   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1976  UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term on December - 07.   

1977  On December - 07 islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 07 darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22   

1982  On December - 07 charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas   

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0521  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on December - 07.   

1542  On December - 07 birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.   

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  On December - 07 birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

1598  On December - 07 birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on this day in history.   

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian   

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on this day in history.   

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.   

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on December - 07.   

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.   

1383  On this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies   

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history.