Page 7: Historical Events In December - 04

1961  On December - 04 smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)   

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  On December - 04 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  On this day in history black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago   

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

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 December - 04.   

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

1974  On December - 04 lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36   

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

1976  On this day in history liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)   

1976  On December - 04 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  On December - 04 leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72   

1978  On this day in history dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor   

1978  Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus on this day in history.   

1978  Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on December - 04.   

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

1979  Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62 on December - 04.   

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

1981  On December - 04 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV   

1981  On this day in history according to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa   

1981  On this day in history 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  Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history john Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94   

1985  On December - 04 president Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser   

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  Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  On December - 04 birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  On December - 04 birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0771  On December - 04 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 this day in history.   

1123  On this day in history 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 December - 04.   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on December - 04.