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 December - 05.  

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

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on December - 05.  

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

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

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

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

1974  Seattle Seahawks formed on December - 05.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1978  On December - 05 pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus  

1980  On this day in history don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies  

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

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 December - 05.  

1985  Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above the 1,500 level for first time on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer  

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 December - 05.  

1989  On December - 05 john M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68  

1990  On this day in history former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty  

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 December - 05.  

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  On this day in history new York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 dec06  

1991  On December - 05 aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies  

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 December - 05.  

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1377  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on this day in history.  

1547  On this day in history 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 December - 05.  

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  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16  

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.