Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" on December - 06.   

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  On this day in history south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

1980  On this day in history jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn   

1980  NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage   

1984  Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 on December - 06.   

1985  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 on December - 06.   

1985  UK joins US Star Wars project on this day in history.   

1985  Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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

1987  On December - 06 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  On this day in history sTS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission   

1988  On December - 06 bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63   

1989  Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal on December - 06.   

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

1990  On this day in history saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages   

1990  Tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1991  On this day in history ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62   

1992  Riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India on this day in history.   

1992  On December - 06 hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91   

1993  On December - 06 don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85   

1994  On this day in history 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.   

1994  On this day in history aJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80   

1995  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 on this day in history.   

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 December - 06.   

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

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

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

1637  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

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.