Page 7: Historical Events In December - 04

1961  Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN   

1964  Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album on this day in history.   

1965  2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner) on December - 04.   

1965  On December - 04 launch of Gemini 7 piloted by CDR James A. Lovell, USN. This flight consisted of 206 orbits at an altitude of 327 km and lasted 13 days and 18 hours. Recovery by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18)   

1967  Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72 on December - 04.   

1969  On December - 04 black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago   

1969  On this day in history alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85   

1971  Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies on this day in history.   

1973  Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 on this day in history.   

1974  Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims on December - 04.   

1974  On this day in history lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36   

1975  Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5] on December - 04.   

1976  Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner) on this day in history.   

1976  Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1977  Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself on December - 04.   

1977  Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72 on December - 04.   

1978  Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor on December - 04.   

1978  Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76   

1979  Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero) on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 04 robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62   

1980  On December - 04 stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69   

1981  On this day in history "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV   

1981  According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa on this day in history.   

1981  President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 04 aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down.   

1983  Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on December - 04.   

1984  Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner on December - 04.   

1984  John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94 on December - 04.   

1985  President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser on this day in history.   

1985  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 04 rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90   

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  On December - 04 birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  On December - 04 karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on December - 04.   

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.