Historical Events In December - 06

1974  George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" on December - 06.   

1975  On December - 06 h-46 Sea Knight helicopters from NAS Whidbey Island began search and rescue operations in the northwestern Washington state areas flooded by heavy rains   

1977  On this day in history south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on December - 06.   

1980  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1982  On December - 06 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland   

1982  Sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce on December - 06.   

1983  On December - 06 a bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis   

1984  On this day in history hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage   

1984  Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history john Cougar Mellencamp promised 24,000 people at a New York City concert that he would refund their $17.50 tickets. A power outage had caused a 20-minute interruption during this, his debut concert.   

1985  On December - 06 uK joins US Star Wars project   

1985  Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1986  Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 on December - 06.   

1987  3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" on December - 06.   

1987  On December - 06 james Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies   

1988  On December - 06 arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden   

1988  On December - 06 nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown   

1988  STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission on December - 06.   

1988  Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1989  Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal on this day in history.   

1989  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86 on December - 06.   

1990  On this day in history saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages   

1990  Tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies on December - 06.   

1991  On this day in history "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres   

1991  On this day in history brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah   

1991  Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 on December - 06.   

1992  On December - 06 riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India   

1992  On this day in history hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91   

1993  On this day in history don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85   

1994  On this day in history apple filed a lawsuit against a San Francisco software firm called Canyon Co., alleging the company had stolen thousands of lines of code from Apple's QuickTime for Windows.   

1994  On December - 06 aJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80   

1995  On December - 06 after a long and heated debate, House and Senate committee members agreed on the final wording of the Communications Decency Act, which made it a crime to provide pornography to minors over the Internet.   

1995  Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67 on December - 06.   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.