Page 8: Historical Events In December - 01

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

1967  On December - 01 queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope   

1967  Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses on December - 01.   

1968  On this day in history pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting   

1968  Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history uS government holds its first draft lottery since WW II   

1970  Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen on December - 01.   

1970  Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies on December - 01.   

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

1971  Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93 on December - 01.   

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 December - 01 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  Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80   

1977  Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69 on December - 01.   

1978  President Carter more than doubles national park system size on December - 01.   

1980  On December - 01 uS Justice Department sues Yonkers citing racial discrimination   

1980  On this day in history sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75   

1981  On this day in history 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain   

1981  HIV/AIDS pandemic in Worldwide killing 32 million+ people on this day in history.   

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

1982  Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday on December - 01.   

1983  On December - 01 rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury   

1983  On this day in history mirsky, mathematician, dies   

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

1986  Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85 on December - 01.   

1987  Digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel on December - 01.   

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  On December - 01 nBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics   

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  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on December - 01.   

1521  On this day in history birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  On this day in history 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  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on December - 01.   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

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

1241  On December - 01 death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)   

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

1377  On December - 01 death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  On this day in history walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on December - 01.   

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77