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 this day in history.   

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  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 December - 05.   

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1983  Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use on December - 05.   

1983  Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on December - 05.   

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  Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1,500 level for first time on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  On this day in history 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 December - 05.   

1990  On December - 05 steven Shaw, dies at 25   

1991  Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty on this day in history.   

1991  New York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06 on this day in history.   

1991  Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies on December - 05.   

1992  Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54 on December - 05.   

1993  Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 on December - 05.   

1994  On December - 05 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  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on December - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.   

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

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

1212  On this day in history derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on this day in history.   

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on December - 05.   

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 this day in history.