Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On December - 06 george Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"   

1975  H-46 Sea Knight helicopters from NAS Whidbey Island began search and rescue operations in the northwestern Washington state areas flooded by heavy rains on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 06 south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on December - 06.   

1980  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1982  11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland on December - 06.   

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

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

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage on December - 06.   

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

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

1986  Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 on this day in history.   

1987  3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" on December - 06.   

1987  James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies on this day in history.   

1988  On December - 06 arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden   

1988  On December - 06 nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown   

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 this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal   

1989  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

1991  "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres on December - 06.   

1991  Brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah on December - 06.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1994  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

1995  On this day in history dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67   

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0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

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 December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

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

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

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

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.   

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)