Page 6: Historical Events In December - 06

1950  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud on December - 06.   

1951  On December - 06 j Edward Bromberg, dies at 47   

1952  On December - 06 czech govt tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata   

1953  On this day in history brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14   

1953  Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt   

1955  New York psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing on this day in history.   

1955  The Federal government standardized the size of license plates throughout the U.S. Previously, individual states had designed their own license plates, resulting in wide variations on December - 06.   

1955  On December - 06 nY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing   

1956  Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa on this day in history.   

1956  "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history aFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)   

1957  The first US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up on December - 06.   

1957  1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up on this day in history.   

1958  On December - 06 uS lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back   

1958  Erwin Bodky, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history len Doyle, actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66   

1960  On this day in history aL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels   

1961  27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) on December - 06.   

1962  On December - 06 uS abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program   

1962  On this day in history uS abandons Skybolt balastic missile program   

1963  On December - 06 beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans   

1963  Jozef Goossenaerts, Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 06 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV   

1965  2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125 on December - 06.   

1965  On this day in history alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90   

1966  Hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history 300,000 attend the Altamont CA, rock concert feature Rolling Stones   

1970  On December - 06 thomas S Power, USAF-gen (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65   

1971  On this day in history lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice   

1971  On this day in history hugo Godron, composer, dies at 71   

1972  On December - 06 janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38   

1973  On December - 06 gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew   

1973  Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

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

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

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

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 06.   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)