Page 7: Historical Events In December - 05

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

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

1968  On this day in history rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP   

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album   

1974  On December - 05 airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)   

1974  Seattle Seahawks formed on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87   

1975  NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed on December - 05.   

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on December - 05.   

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

1977  On this day in history 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  On December - 05 don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

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

1983  Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use on December - 05.   

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  Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1,500 level for first time on December - 05.   

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

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

1988  Shuttle Atlantis launches world's first nuclear-war-fighting satellite on this day in history.   

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

1990  Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty on December - 05.   

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

1990  On this day in history steven Shaw, dies at 25   

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

1991  On December - 05 new York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06   

1991  On this day in history aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies   

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

1993  On December - 05 alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87   

1994  Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84 on December - 05.   

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1377  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on December - 05.   

1495  On December - 05 birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.   

0749  On December - 05 death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

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  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on this day in history.   

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1560  On December - 05 francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16   

1570  On this day in history death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)   

1594  On December - 05 gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82