Page 8: Historical Events In December - 01

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

1967  On December - 01 queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope   

1967  Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses on December - 01.   

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

1968  On this day in history hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66   

1969  On this day in history uS government holds its first draft lottery since WW II   

1970  Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen on this day in history.   

1970  Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies on this day in history.   

1971  On December - 01 john and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US   

1971  On December - 01 arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93   

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 December - 01 los Angeles Skid Row slasher kills first of 8   

1974  Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1975  Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80 on December - 01.   

1977  On December - 01 paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69   

1978  On this day in history president Carter more than doubles national park system size   

1980  On December - 01 uS Justice Department sues Yonkers citing racial discrimination   

1980  Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 01.   

1982  On this day in history dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday   

1983  Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury on December - 01.   

1983  Mirsky, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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

1986  Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1987  Digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel on this day in history.   

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  On December - 01 nBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics   

1989  On this day in history "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS   

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1081  On December - 01 birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

1521  On this day in history birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

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 this day in history birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01.   

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

1241  On this day in history death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)   

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on December - 01.   

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on this day in history.   

1417  On this day in history walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on December - 01.   

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