Page 7: Historical Events In December - 05

1966  On December - 05 sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

1967  On this day in history beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens   

1968  On December - 05 rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP   

1968  On this day in history fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54   

1970  A North Vietnamese newspaper declares that the country will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing threats on December - 05.   

1971  Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies on this day in history.   

1973  Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album on December - 05.   

1974  Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran) on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 05 seattle Seahawks formed   

1974  On December - 05 hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87   

1975  NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies   

1977  On December - 05 egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen   

1977  On December - 05 the Plymouth Horizon was introduced on this day. It was the first American-made small car with front-wheel drive. Technical advances in drive technology had reduced the size and cost of front-wheel drive systems.   

1978  On this day in history pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus   

1980  Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies on December - 05.   

1983  On this day in history 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut   

1983  On this day in history los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use   

1983  Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1985  Beverly McLachlin is the first woman appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal, the province's highest court on this day in history.   

1985  On December - 05 dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1,500 level for first time   

1986  Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer on December - 05.   

1987  "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1988  Shuttle Atlantis launches world's first nuclear-war-fighting satellite on December - 05.   

1989  John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1990  Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty on this day in history.   

1990  The Canadian Broadcast Corp. cuts its spending by $108 million, slashes 1100 jobs and closes or reduces regiona news bureaus to 11 stations on this day in history.   

1990  Steven Shaw, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1991  Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty on this day in history.   

1991  New York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06 on this day in history.   

1991  Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies on December - 05.   

1992  On December - 05 hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54   

1993  On this day in history alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on December - 05.   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1537  On December - 05 birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on December - 05.   

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history.   

1082  On December - 05 death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on this day in history.   

1244  On this day in history johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies   

1355  On this day in history jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1560  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on this day in history.   

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.