Historical Events In December - 07

1959  On December - 07 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances  

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

1962  On December - 07 great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on December - 07.  

1963  Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history george Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs  

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 this day in history.  

1965  Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the 2 churches in 1054 on this day in history.  

1965  Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 on December - 07.  

1966  A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on this day in history.  

1967  "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs on this day in history.  

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1968  On December - 07 orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit  

1968  Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 on this day in history.  

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

1969  On this day in history eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66  

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

1970  On this day in history taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma  

1970  On December - 07 rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87  

1971  Wings release their first album "Wild Life" on this day in history.  

1971  "Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC on this day in history.  

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

1972  On December - 07 apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched  

1972  Phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant on this day in history.  

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

1973  On December - 07 wings release "Band on the Run"  

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  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1976  UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term on December - 07.  

1977  Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0 on December - 07.  

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 December - 07 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  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)  

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

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)  

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

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on December - 07.  

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  On December - 07 death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)  

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on December - 07.  

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on December - 07.  

1254  On December - 07 innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies  

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on December - 07.  

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.  

1383  On this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies  

1498  On December - 07 death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist