Historical Events In December - 04

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

1961  Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN on this day in history.   

1964  Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album on December - 04.   

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

1965  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) on December - 04.   

1967  Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1969  Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago on this day in history.   

1969  Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 on December - 04.   

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

1973  On December - 04 michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67   

1974  On December - 04 dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims   

1974  Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 on December - 04.   

1975  Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5] on this day in history.   

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

1976  On December - 04 benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63   

1977  On this day in history jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself   

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 this day in history.   

1978  On December - 04 pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus   

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  Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 on December - 04.   

1980  Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On December - 04 according to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa   

1981  On December - 04 president Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence   

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 this day in history.   

1984  Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner on December - 04.   

1984  On December - 04 john Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94   

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

1985  On December - 04 marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83   

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on December - 04.   

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

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.   

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

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.   

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on this day in history.   

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

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland