Page 7: Historical Events In December - 05

1966  Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on December - 05.   

1967  Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens on December - 05.   

1968  On this day in history rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP   

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on December - 05.   

1970  A North Vietnamese newspaper declares that the country will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing threats on December - 05.   

1971  Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies on December - 05.   

1973  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album   

1974  On this day in history airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)   

1974  On December - 05 seattle Seahawks formed   

1974  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87 on December - 05.   

1975  NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed on this day in history.   

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on December - 05.   

1977  On December - 05 egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen   

1977  On December - 05 the Plymouth Horizon was introduced on this day. It was the first American-made small car with front-wheel drive. Technical advances in drive technology had reduced the size and cost of front-wheel drive systems.   

1978  On December - 05 pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus   

1980  On December - 05 don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

1983  12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut on December - 05.   

1983  Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 05 robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65   

1985  Beverly McLachlin is the first woman appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal, the province's highest court on December - 05.   

1985  On December - 05 dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1,500 level for first time   

1986  Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer on December - 05.   

1987  "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38 on December - 05.   

1988  On December - 05 shuttle Atlantis launches world's first nuclear-war-fighting satellite   

1989  John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty   

1990  The Canadian Broadcast Corp. cuts its spending by $108 million, slashes 1100 jobs and closes or reduces regiona news bureaus to 11 stations on this day in history.   

1990  Steven Shaw, dies at 25 on December - 05.   

1991  On this day in history charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty   

1991  On December - 05 new York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06   

1991  On December - 05 aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies   

1992  On this day in history hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54   

1993  On this day in history alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  On this day in history harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On December - 05 birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.   

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)   

0749  On December - 05 death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

1082  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on December - 05.   

1244  On this day in history johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies   

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1560  On December - 05 francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16   

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on December - 05.   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.