Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

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

1960  On this day in history ivory Coast claims independence from France   

1962  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1963  Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans on December - 07.   

1964  George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs on December - 07.   

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  On this day in history pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the 2 churches in 1054   

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  On December - 07 a fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people.   

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

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

1968  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit on December - 07.   

1968  On this day in history richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823   

1968  On this day in history m Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923   

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

1970  The Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms on December - 07.   

1970  Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma on this day in history.   

1970  Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

1971  Wings release their first album "Wild Life" on December - 07.   

1971  On December - 07 "Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC   

1971  On December - 07 milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90   

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

1972  On December - 07 phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant   

1972  On December - 07 adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

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

1975  Canadian skier Ken Read is the first Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France on this day in history.   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on December - 07.   

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

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

1977  On this day in history paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

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

1980  On December - 07 darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22   

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

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0521  On December - 07 birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on December - 07.   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on December - 07.   

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on December - 07.   

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

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on December - 07.   

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

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on this day in history.   

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

1254  On this day in history innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies   

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on this day in history.   

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

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

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