Historical Events In December - 07

1959  "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances on this day in history.   

1960  Ivory Coast claims independence from France on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1963  On December - 07 ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans   

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

1965  Chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the first time Chevrolet had produced an annual total surpassing three million vehicles on December - 07.   

1965  On December - 07 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  Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 on December - 07.   

1968  M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 on this day in history.   

1969  On December - 07 eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66   

1970  The Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 07 taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma   

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

1971  On December - 07 wings release their first album "Wild Life"   

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

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on December - 07.   

1972  Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched on this day in history.   

1972  Phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant on December - 07.   

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

1975  On December - 07 canadian skier Ken Read is the first Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France   

1975  On this day in history hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71   

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

1977  Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0 on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 07 paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history 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  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on December - 07.   

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.   

1302  On December - 07 birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

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

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  On December - 07 birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

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

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on December - 07.   

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on December - 07.   

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

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on December - 07.   

1279  On December - 07 death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  On December - 07 death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

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

1498  On this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist