1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed

1966 Edward W Brooke (Rep-R-MA) becomes first black elected to Senate

1966 Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California

1966 Movie star Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California.

1966 President Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger

1967 Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London

1968 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John

1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal

1973 Nevada approves pari-mutuel betting on Jai Alai

1978 Norman Rockwell artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at 84

1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (the forerunner to "Nightline")

1980 Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn

1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected first female governor of Kentucky

1983 STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad

1983 W Wilson Goode (D) elected first black mayor of Philadelphia

1984 Anna Fisher becomes the first "mom" to go into orbit

1984 STS 51-A mission; launch

1985 Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission

1987 11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service

1988 900 die as earthquake hits China

1988 George Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for Presidency

1988 Vice President George Bush defeats Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis to become president of the U.S.

1990 100,000 additional US troops are sent to the Persian gulf

1990 Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula

1991 The Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV

1994 Republicans regain control of US Congress

1988 George Bush elected as US President

1656 The birth of Edmond Halley, English astronomer

1847 The birth of Bram Stoker, Irish author

1900 The birth of Margaret Mitchell, American author

1935 The birth of Alain Delon, French actor

2005 French President Jacques Chirac declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the French civil unrest, see 205 civil unrest in France.

2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigns; President Bush nominates Robert Gates, a former Central Intelligence Agency director, as his replacement. Gates is then confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in on dec 18.

2006 Margaret Chan is elected as the Director-General of the World Health Organization.

2006 A transit of Mercury occurs.

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