Historical Events In December - 04

1961  Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) on December - 04.  

1961  On December - 04 tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN  

1964  On this day in history beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album  

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

1965  On this day in history 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)  

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

1969  Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago on December - 04.  

1969  Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1971  On December - 04 shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies  

1973  Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67 on this day in history.  

1974  Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims on December - 04.  

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

1975  On this day in history hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]  

1976  Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner) on December - 04.  

1976  Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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  Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor on this day in history.  

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

1978  On December - 04 samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76  

1979  On December - 04 liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)  

1979  Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1980  Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69 on December - 04.  

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

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

1981  On December - 04 president Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence  

1983  On December - 04 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  Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1984  On December - 04 hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner  

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 December - 04.  

1985  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on December - 04.  

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1987  Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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1443  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on December - 04.  

1555  On this day in history birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)  

1580  On this day in history birth of samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)  

1584  John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony was born on December - 04.  

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)  

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)  

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer  

1667  On this day in history birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer  

0765  On December - 04 death of jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)  

0771  On this day in history karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20  

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on December - 04.  

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on December - 04.  

1123  Death of Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) on December - 04.  

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

1182  On December - 04 henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies  

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.