Historical Events In December - 01

1965  On December - 01 airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began   

1967  On this day in history queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope   

1967  On December - 01 wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses   

1968  Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting on December - 01.   

1968  Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 on December - 01.   

1969  US government holds its first draft lottery since WW II on December - 01.   

1970  Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 01 frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies   

1971  John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US on December - 01.   

1971  On December - 01 arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93   

1972  On December - 01 antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81   

1973  Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history david Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87   

1974  Los Angeles Skid Row slasher kills first of 8 on December - 01.   

1974  On December - 01 lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83   

1975  Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80 on December - 01.   

1977  On this day in history paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69   

1978  On this day in history president Carter more than doubles national park system size   

1980  US Justice Department sues Yonkers citing racial discrimination on December - 01.   

1980  On December - 01 sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75   

1981  180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain on December - 01.   

1981  On December - 01 hIV/AIDS pandemic in Worldwide killing 32 million+ people   

1982  Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico on December - 01.   

1982  On December - 01 dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday   

1983  Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury on this day in history.   

1983  Mirsky, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1986  Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains" on this day in history.   

1986  On December - 01 horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85   

1987  On this day in history digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel   

1987  On December - 01 donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57   

1988  596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history benazir Bhutto named first female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)   

1988  NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics on this day in history.   

1989  "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS on this day in history.   

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on this day in history.   

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on December - 01.   

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.   

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen was born on December - 01.   

1573  On December - 01 birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  On December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)   

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01.   

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on December - 01.   

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on December - 01.   

1374  On December - 01 magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on December - 01.   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

1433  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.