Historical Events In December - 05

1966  Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57 on December - 05.   

1967  Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens on December - 05.   

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

1971  On December - 05 hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies   

1973  On December - 05 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  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed   

1975  Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies on this day in history.   

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

1977  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 on December - 05.   

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  12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut on December - 05.   

1983  On December - 05 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 December - 05.   

1985  On December - 05 beverly McLachlin is the first woman appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal, the province's highest court   

1985  On this day in history 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  On December - 05 "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 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  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 December - 05.   

1991  New York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06 on December - 05.   

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

1992  On this day in history hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54   

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

1994  On December - 05 harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84   

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1377  On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  On December - 05 birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on December - 05.   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

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

1212  On this day in history derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  On December - 05 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 December - 05.   

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