Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On this day in history 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 December - 06.   

1977  On this day in history south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on this day in history.   

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  Sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce on December - 06.   

1983  A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis on this day in history.   

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90   

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  UK joins US Star Wars project on this day in history.   

1985  Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 on December - 06.   

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

1987  On this day in history 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"   

1987  James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies on this day in history.   

1988  Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden on this day in history.   

1988  Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown on this day in history.   

1988  STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission on December - 06.   

1988  On December - 06 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  On December - 06 frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86   

1990  Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres   

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

1991  On this day in history ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62   

1992  Riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India on this day in history.   

1992  Hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 06 don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85   

1994  On this day in history 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.   

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

1995  On this day in history 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.   

1995  On December - 06 dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.   

1285  On December - 06 birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  On this day in history 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  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

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

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

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

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on December - 06.   

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

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

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