Page 7: Historical Events In December - 04

1961  Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) on December - 04.   

1961  Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN on December - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 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  Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 on December - 04.   

1974  Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims on this day in history.   

1974  Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]   

1976  Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner) on December - 04.   

1976  Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63 on December - 04.   

1977  On this day in history jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself   

1977  Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72 on December - 04.   

1978  Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor on this day in history.   

1978  Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus on December - 04.   

1978  Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on December - 04.   

1979  On this day in history liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)   

1979  On December - 04 robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62   

1980  On December - 04 stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69   

1981  On December - 04 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV   

1981  According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa on this day in history.   

1981  President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence on December - 04.   

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 December - 04.   

1983  Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on December - 04.   

1984  Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner on this day in history.   

1984  John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history president Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser   

1985  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on December - 04.   

1987  Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.   

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

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on December - 04.   

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

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  On this day in history death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

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  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.