Page 6: Historical Events In December - 06

1953  Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14.   

1953  Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48.   

1954  Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt.   

1955  New York psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64000 Question" on boxing.   

1955  The Federal government standardized the size of license plates throughout the U.S. Previously, individual states had designed their own license plates, resulting in wide variations   

1955  NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64000 Question" on boxing   

1956  Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa.   

1956  "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances   

1957  AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)   

1957  The inaugural US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up.   

1957  1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up   

1958  US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107269 km, falls back   

1958  Erwin Bodky, composer, dies at 62   

1959  Len Doyle, actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66   

1960  AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels.   

1961  27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB).   

1962  US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program   

1962  US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program   

1963  Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans.   

1963  Jozef Goossenaerts, Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81.   

1964  "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV.   

1965  2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) results in the deaths of 125.   

1965  Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90.   

1966  Hermann Heiss, composer, dies at 68   

1969  300000 attend the Altamont CA, rock concert feature Rolling Stones.   

1970  Thomas S Power, USAF-gen (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65   

1971  Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice.   

1971  Hugo Godron, composer, dies at 71   

1972  Janet Munro, actress (Crawling Eye, Swiss Family Robinson), dies at 38   

1973  Gerald Ford sworn-in as inaugural unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew.   

1973  Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer, dies at 94   

1974  In this year, George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong".   

1975  H-46 Sea Knight helicopters from NAS Whidbey Island began search and rescue operations in the northwestern Washington state areas flooded by heavy rains.   

1977  South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

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0846  Hasan al-askari: Shia imam   

1285  King ferdinand iv of castile: King ferdinand iv of castile (d. 1312)   

1421  Henry vi: King of england (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare castiglione: Italian diplomat and author   

1550  Orazio tiberio vecchi: Composer   

1586  Niccolò zucchi: Italian astronomer   

1608  George monck/monk: English general/gov of scotland   

1637  Sir edmund andros: English governor in north america   

0343  Saint nicholas: Saint nicholas   

1185  Afonso i: The conqueror, king of portugal (1143-85),   

1352  Clement vi: [pierre roger], pope (1342-52),   

1531  John volkertsz trimaker: Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Death of Pieter coecke van aelst: Flemish painter,   

1562  Jan van scorel: Dutch painter/architect,   

1598  Elbertus leoninus: Dutch lawyer/politician,   

1618  Death of Jacques-davy duperron: French cardinal (b. 1556)