Page 8: Historical Events In December - 01

1965  On December - 01 airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began   

1967  Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope on December - 01.   

1967  Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses on this day in history.   

1968  On December - 01 pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting   

1968  Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 on December - 01.   

1969  On December - 01 uS government holds its first draft lottery since WW II   

1970  On December - 01 independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen   

1970  On December - 01 frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies   

1971  On this day in history john and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US   

1971  Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93 on December - 01.   

1972  Antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1973  On December - 01 australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea   

1973  On this day in history david Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87   

1974  On this day in history los Angeles Skid Row slasher kills first of 8   

1974  On this day in history lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83   

1975  On this day in history nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80   

1977  Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69 on December - 01.   

1978  On December - 01 president Carter more than doubles national park system size   

1980  On this day in history uS Justice Department sues Yonkers citing racial discrimination   

1980  On December - 01 sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75   

1981  180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain on December - 01.   

1981  HIV/AIDS pandemic in Worldwide killing 32 million+ people on this day in history.   

1982  Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 01 dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday   

1983  On this day in history rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury   

1983  Mirsky, mathematician, dies on December - 01.   

1986  Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains" on December - 01.   

1986  On December - 01 horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85   

1987  Digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel on December - 01.   

1987  On this day in history donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57   

1988  On December - 01 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless   

1988  On this day in history benazir Bhutto named first female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)   

1988  NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics on this day in history.   

1989  "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS on December - 01.   

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on December - 01.   

1083  On this day in history birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on December - 01.   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen was born on December - 01.   

1573  On December - 01 birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on December - 01.   

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  On December - 01 henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  On December - 01 death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)   

1374  On this day in history magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on December - 01.   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on this day in history.   

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77