Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

1959  On December - 07 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances   

1960  Ivory Coast claims independence from France on December - 07.   

1962  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on December - 07.   

1962  On December - 07 kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1963  On December - 07 ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans   

1964  George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs on this day in history.   

1965  On December - 07 chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the first time Chevrolet had produced an annual total surpassing three million vehicles.   

1965  Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the 2 churches in 1054 on December - 07.   

1965  On December - 07 pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054   

1966  A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on this day in history.   

1967  "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs on this day in history.   

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

1968  On this day in history orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit   

1968  On December - 07 richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823   

1968  M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 on this day in history.   

1969  Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history the Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms   

1970  On December - 07 taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma   

1970  On this day in history rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87   

1971  On this day in history wings release their first album "Wild Life"   

1971  On this day in history "Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC   

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on December - 07.   

1972  On December - 07 apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched   

1972  Phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1973  Wings release "Band on the Run" on December - 07.   

1975  On December - 07 canadian skier Ken Read is the first Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France   

1975  On December - 07 hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71   

1976  On this day in history uN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term   

1977  On December - 07 islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on December - 07.   

1980  On this day in history darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22   

1982  Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas on December - 07.   

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0521  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  On December - 07 birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  On this day in history birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1561  On December - 07 birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

0043  On December - 07 death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian   

0983  On this day in history otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28   

1254  On December - 07 innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies   

1279  On this day in history death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.   

1383  On this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies   

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on December - 07.