Page 7: Historical Events In December - 04

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

1961  On this day in history tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN   

1964  Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  On December - 04 bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72   

1969  Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85   

1971  Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies on this day in history.   

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

1974  On December - 04 dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims   

1974  On this day in history 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 December - 04 liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)   

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

1977  On this day in history jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself   

1977  On this day in history 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  On December - 04 pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus   

1978  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1981  President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence on December - 04.   

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 this day in history.   

1984  John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94 on December - 04.   

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 this day in history reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89   

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 this day in history.   

1555  On December - 04 birth of heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)   

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

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

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

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

0765  On this day in history 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  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

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 December - 04.   

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

1214  On this day in history death of william I of Scotland