Historical Events In December - 05

1966  Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on December - 05.   

1967  Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens on December - 05.   

1968  Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP on December - 05.   

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on December - 05.   

1970  On this day in history a North Vietnamese newspaper declares that the country will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing threats.   

1971  Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies on December - 05.   

1973  Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album on December - 05.   

1974  On December - 05 airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)   

1974  On December - 05 seattle Seahawks formed   

1974  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1975  NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies   

1977  Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen on this day in history.   

1977  The Plymouth Horizon was introduced on this day. It was the first American-made small car with front-wheel drive. Technical advances in drive technology had reduced the size and cost of front-wheel drive systems on this day in history.   

1978  Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus on this day in history.   

1980  Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut   

1983  Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use on December - 05.   

1983  Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on December - 05.   

1985  Beverly McLachlin is the first woman appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal, the province's highest court on December - 05.   

1985  On this day in history dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1,500 level for first time   

1986  On December - 05 carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer   

1987  On this day in history "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38   

1988  On December - 05 shuttle Atlantis launches world's first nuclear-war-fighting satellite   

1989  On this day in history john M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68   

1990  On December - 05 former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty   

1990  On this day in history the Canadian Broadcast Corp. cuts its spending by $108 million, slashes 1100 jobs and closes or reduces regiona news bureaus to 11 stations   

1990  Steven Shaw, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty   

1991  New York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06 on December - 05.   

1991  On December - 05 aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies   

1992  Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54 on December - 05.   

1993  Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1994  Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84 on December - 05.   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on December - 05.   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)   

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history.   

1082  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on December - 05.   

1212  On this day in history derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  On December - 05 johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies   

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1560  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on this day in history.   

1570  On this day in history death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on December - 05.