Page 7: Historical Events In December - 12

1983  A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait on December - 12.   

1985  On this day in history 248 US soldiers & 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash in Newfoundland   

1985  On December - 12 anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62   

1986  On this day in history microlite aircraft circles world non-stop   

1987  On this day in history louis de Meester, composer, dies at 83   

1988  NYC Subway system adds new stations (the Z line) on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment   

1988  On this day in history john Canning, NY Post managing editor, dies at 56   

1989  On December - 12 first revenue train runs through the CP Rail 9.1 mile Mount MacDonald Tunnel. This is the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.   

1990  US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait on December - 12.   

1991  Actor Richard Gere marries super model Cindy Crawford on this day in history.   

1991  Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection on December - 12.   

1991  On December - 12 salman Rushdie faces new death threats, after a paperback edition of 'The Satanic Verses' is published   

1991  On December - 12 eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93   

1992  On this day in history bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87   

1992  Flores earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia killing 2,500 people on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history ultra-Nationalists make strong gains in Russian elections dec13   

1993  On December - 12 gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90   

1994  On this day in history antoine Pinay, French PM (1952)/foreign minister, dies at 102   

1995  Andrew Olle, broadcaster, dies at 48 on December - 12.   

2005  Scientists announced that they had created mice with small amounts of human brain cells in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders on this day in history.   

2006  Peugeot produce their last car at the Ryton Plant signalling the end of mass car production in a city that was once a major centre of the British motor industry; Coventry on this day in history.   

2007  Election by the Swiss Parliament of Switzerland's highest executive authority, the Swiss Federal Council (7 members). All the sitting members are confirmed, except Christoph Blocher, who in an upset is replaced by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. This is only the sixth time in Swiss history a sitting member is not reconfirmed on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history uN climate change talks in Peru continue past scheduled time as negotiations continue to stall   

2017  On this day in history australian shopping mall firm Westfield is bought by French property company Unibail-Rodamco for $15.7 billion   

2017  Democrat Doug Jones defeats Republican Roy Moore for Alabama Senate seat in upset win marked by allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history michael Cohen, former lawyer for US President Donald Trump sentenced to three years in prison for campaign-finance violations and tax fraud   

2018  On this day in history china built 88 out of world's 143 skyscrapers in 2018 more than any country ever (buildings over 200 meters/656 ft)   

2018  American Media Inc. publisher of "National Enquirer" admits paying hush money to mistresses of US President Donald Trump on December - 12.   

2018  On this day in history seven mass graves in former Islamic State area discovered containing hundreds of bodies, some tortured, near Albu Kamal, eastern Syria   

2018  Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev compete complex spacewalk to fix hole in Soyuz spacecraft on December - 12.   

2018  On this day in history british Prime Minister Theresa May survives 200-117 no-confidence vote from own Conservative Party   

2019  British General Election won by Boris Johnson 's Conservative Party in landslide win with 80 seat majority. Scottish National Party also wins 48 of 59 seats in Scotland on this day in history.   

2019  The 2019 United Kingdom general election takes place for all 650 seats in the House of Commons on this day in history.   

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1298  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on December - 12.   

1418  On December - 12 birth of albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)   

1574  On this day in history birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

1574  On this day in history birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)   

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on December - 12.   

1610  On this day in history birth of saint Vasilije (d. 1671)   

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on December - 12.   

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on this day in history.   

0884  Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies on December - 12.   

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69   

1212  On December - 12 death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York   

1263  Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 12 death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)   

1586  On December - 12 death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)   

1600  On this day in history john Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies