Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

1959  "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history ivory Coast claims independence from France   

1962  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1962  On December - 07 kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1963  Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans on this day in history.   

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

1965  On December - 07 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  On December - 07 a fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people.   

1967  "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs on December - 07.   

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1968  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit on this day in history.   

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  On December - 07 eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66   

1970  On this day in history the Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms   

1970  Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma on December - 07.   

1970  On December - 07 rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87   

1971  On this day in history wings release their first album "Wild Life"   

1971  On December - 07 "Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC   

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1972  On December - 07 apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched   

1972  Phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant on December - 07.   

1972  On December - 07 adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1973  Wings release "Band on the Run" on December - 07.   

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

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on December - 07.   

1976  UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term on this day in history.   

1977  Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On December - 07 cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies   

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on December - 07.   

1982  On this day in history 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  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.   

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.   

1302  On December - 07 birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

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

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

0043  On December - 07 death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

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 December - 07.   

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

1279  On this day in history death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

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

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on this day in history.   

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