Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On this day in history george Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"   

1975  On December - 06 h-46 Sea Knight helicopters from NAS Whidbey Island began search and rescue operations in the northwestern Washington state areas flooded by heavy rains   

1977  South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence on December - 06.   

1980  On this day in history jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn   

1980  NASA launches Intelsat V on December - 06.   

1982  On this day in history 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland   

1982  Sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce on December - 06.   

1983  A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis on December - 06.   

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage on this day in history.   

1984  Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 06 john Cougar Mellencamp promised 24,000 people at a New York City concert that he would refund their $17.50 tickets. A power outage had caused a 20-minute interruption during this, his debut concert.   

1985  UK joins US Star Wars project on December - 06.   

1985  On December - 06 burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92   

1986  Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 on December - 06.   

1987  On this day in history 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"   

1987  On this day in history james Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies   

1988  On this day in history arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden   

1988  Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown on this day in history.   

1988  STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission on this day in history.   

1988  Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63 on December - 06.   

1989  Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 06 frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86   

1990  On December - 06 saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages   

1990  On this day in history tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies   

1991  "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah   

1991  Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 on December - 06.   

1992  Riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India on December - 06.   

1992  Hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91 on this day in history.   

1993  Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85 on December - 06.   

1994  Apple filed a lawsuit against a San Francisco software firm called Canyon Co., alleging the company had stolen thousands of lines of code from Apple's QuickTime for Windows on December - 06.   

1994  On December - 06 aJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80   

1995  On this day in history after a long and heated debate, House and Senate committee members agreed on the final wording of the Communications Decency Act, which made it a crime to provide pornography to minors over the Internet.   

1995  On December - 06 dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on this day in history.   

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.