Page 8: Historical Events In December - 01

1970  Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies.   

1971  John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US   

1971  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   

1973  Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea.   

1973  David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87   

1974  Los Angeles Skid Row slasher results in the deaths of inaugural of 8.   

1974  Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83   

1975  Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80.   

1977  Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69.   

1978  President Carter more than doubles national park system size   

1980  US Justice Department sues Yonkers citing racial discrimination   

1980  Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75   

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

1981  HIV/AIDS pandemic in Worldwide killing 32 million+ people.   

1982  Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico.   

1982  Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday.   

1983  Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury.   

1983  Mirsky, mathematician, dies   

1986  In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains".   

1986  Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85   

1987  Digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel.   

1987  Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57   

1988  596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless.   

1988  Benazir Bhutto named inaugural female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan).   

1988  NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics   

1989  "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS   

1989  East Germany drops the communist monopoly from its constitution.   

1989  USSR President Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.   

1989  Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58   

1990  Engineers digging a rail tunnel under the English Channel link up between England and France at a point forty meters beneath the seabed, and the island of Britain is connected with the European mainland for the inaugural time since the Ice Age.   

1990  Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks.   

1990  Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their inaugural joint session   

1990  Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies.   

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1081  Louis vi of france: Louis vi of france (d. 1137)   

1083  Anna comnena: Byzantine historian   

1521  Takeda shingen: Japanese warlord   

1525  Tadeáš hájek: Czech physician and astronomer   

1549  Johan van der veeken: Merchant/co-founder (voc)   

1566  Philip: Earl of nassau-dillenburg, gov of ft gorinchem/nijmegen   

1573  Philippus rovenius: [rouveen], apostile   

1580  Nicolas-claude fabri de peiresc: French astronomer   

0660  Death of Eligius/eloy: French bishop of tournay-noyon/saint,   

1135  Death of Henry i beauclerc: King of england (1st king that could read),   

1241  Death of Isabella of england: Wife of frederick ii, holy roman emperor (b. 1214)   

1374  Magnus eriksson: King of norway/sweden,   

1377  Death of King magnus ii of sweden: King magnus ii of sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  Death of Walraven i van brederode: Viceroy of holland,   

1433  Emperor go-komatsu of japan: Emperor go-komatsu of japan (b. 1377)   

1455  Lorenzo ghiberti: Italian sculptor,