Historical Events In December - 04

1961  Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) on this day in history.   

1961  Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN on December - 04.   

1964  Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album on December - 04.   

1965  On December - 04 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)   

1965  Launch of Gemini 7 piloted by CDR James A. Lovell, USN. This flight consisted of 206 orbits at an altitude of 327 km and lasted 13 days and 18 hours. Recovery by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18) on December - 04.   

1967  On this day in history bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72   

1969  On December - 04 black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago   

1969  On December - 04 alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85   

1971  On this day in history shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies   

1973  On December - 04 michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67   

1974  Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims on this day in history.   

1974  Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 on December - 04.   

1975  On December - 04 hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]   

1976  On December - 04 liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)   

1976  On this day in history benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63   

1977  Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself on this day in history.   

1977  Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72 on December - 04.   

1978  On December - 04 dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor   

1978  On December - 04 pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus   

1978  Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1979  Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero) on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62   

1980  On December - 04 stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69   

1981  On this day in history "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV   

1981  According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa on December - 04.   

1981  On this day in history president Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence   

1983  On this day in history aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down.   

1983  On December - 04 estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55   

1984  Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner on December - 04.   

1984  John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1985  President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 04 marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83   

1986  On December - 04 reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89   

1987  On December - 04 rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90   

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1443  On December - 04 birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  On this day in history death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1182  On this day in history henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies   

1214  On December - 04 death of william I of Scotland