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

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

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  Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On this day in history lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36   

1975  Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5] on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 04.   

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

1979  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1981  President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence on this day in history.   

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

1987  Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90 on December - 04.   

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  On December - 04 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  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

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

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

1660  Andre Campra, composer was born on December - 04.   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.   

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  On December - 04 charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  On December - 04 death of archbishop Anno II of Cologne   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

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