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  Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP on December - 05.   

1968  On December - 05 fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

1970  A North Vietnamese newspaper declares that the country will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing threats on this day in history.   

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 December - 05 airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)   

1974  On this day in history seattle Seahawks formed   

1974  On this day in history hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87   

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

1975  On this day in history jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies   

1977  Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen on December - 05.   

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  Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus on this day in history.   

1980  Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies on December - 05.   

1983  On this day in history 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut   

1983  On this day in history los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use   

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

1985  On this day in history beverly McLachlin is the first woman appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal, the province's highest court   

1985  On this day in history dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1,500 level for first time   

1986  On this day in history carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer   

1987  On this day in history "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38   

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

1989  John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 on December - 05.   

1990  Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty on this day in history.   

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

1990  Steven Shaw, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1991  Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty on December - 05.   

1991  New York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06 on December - 05.   

1991  On this day in history aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies   

1992  On December - 05 hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54   

1993  Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

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1377  On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on December - 05.   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on December - 05.   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1539  On December - 05 birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  On this day in history birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)   

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history.   

1082  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1212  On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  On December - 05 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  On December - 05 death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on December - 05.