Page 6: Historical Events In December - 02

1954  US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-WI) for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute"   

1954  "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances.   

1956  Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba.   

1957  The inaugural full-scale atomic electric power plant-power generated, Pa   

1957  1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn).   

1957  Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73   

1958  Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg   

1958  24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB)   

1959  Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus.   

1961  Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism   

1962  50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]   

1963  1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km.   

1963  Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39   

1964  Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed   

1965  The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies   

1966  Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East.   

1966  Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85.   

1967  55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1.   

1967  Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78.   

1968  Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor   

1969  Boeing gives members of the press a historic inaugural passenger flight from Seattle to New York City aboard the 747 jumbo jet   

1969  "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances   

1969  Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies.   

1970  Environmental Protection Agency begins (Director William Ruckelshaus).   

1970  Environmental Protection Agency begins (Director: William Ruckelshaus)   

1971  Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah and Umm ak Qiwain form the United Arab Emirates.   

1971  Soviet Mars 3 is inaugural to soft land on Mars   

1972  "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)   

1972  Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies.   

1974  Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days   

1974  Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72   

1976  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59   

1978  Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran   

1978  Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1   

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1578  Agostino agazzari: Composer   

1678  Nicolaas s cruquius: Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained haarlemmermeer)   

1694  William shirley: Colonial governor of massachusetts   

1703  Ferdinand konscak: Croatian explorer   

1710  Bertinazzi: Italian actor and writer   

1728  Ferdinando galiani: Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

1738  Richard montgomery: Irish-born soldier   

1754  William cooper: American judge   

0537  Death of Sylvester: Italian pope (536-37),   

1348  Emperor hanazono of japan: Emperor hanazono of japan (b. 1297)   

1381  Death of John of ruysbroeck: Flemish mystic   

1463  Albrecht vi: Archduke of habsburg,   

1515  Gonzalo de cordoba: Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of naples,   

1552  Death of Francis xavier: Spanish catholic missionary (b. 1506)   

1592  Alexander farnese: Land guardian of neth (1579-92),   

1615  Death of Louis des balbes de berton de crillon: French general