Historical Events In December - 04

1961  On December - 04 smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)   

1961  On December - 04 tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN   

1964  On this day in history beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album   

1965  On December - 04 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)   

1965  Launch of Gemini 7 piloted by CDR James A. Lovell, USN. This flight consisted of 206 orbits at an altitude of 327 km and lasted 13 days and 18 hours. Recovery by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18) on December - 04.   

1967  Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1969  Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago on December - 04.   

1969  On December - 04 alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85   

1971  Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies on December - 04.   

1973  Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims   

1974  On this day in history lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36   

1975  Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5] on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 04 liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)   

1976  On December - 04 benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63   

1977  On December - 04 jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself   

1977  On this day in history leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72   

1978  Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor on this day in history.   

1978  Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus on this day in history.   

1978  Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on December - 04.   

1979  On this day in history liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)   

1979  On December - 04 robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62   

1980  Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69 on December - 04.   

1981  "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV on December - 04.   

1981  On this day in history according to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa   

1981  President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence on this day in history.   

1983  Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55   

1984  On December - 04 hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner   

1984  On December - 04 john Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94   

1985  President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser on this day in history.   

1985  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on December - 04.   

1987  Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90 on December - 04.   

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on December - 04.   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  On this day in history death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on December - 04.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland