Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06
Saturday, 03 January 2026
1974 On December - 06 george Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" 

1975 On December - 06 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 On this day in history south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence 

1980 Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on this day in history. 

1980 NASA launches Intelsat V on December - 06. 

1982 On this day in history 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland 

1982 On this day in history sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce 

1983 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis on December - 06. 

1984 On December - 06 hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage 

1984 Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 on this day in history. 

1985 John Cougar Mellencamp promised 24,000 people at a New York City concert that he would refund their $17.50 tickets. A power outage had caused a 20-minute interruption during this, his debut concert on this day in history. 

1985 UK joins US Star Wars project on this day in history. 

1985 On this day in history burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 

1986 On this day in history malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 

1987 On this day in history 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" 

1987 James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies on December - 06. 

1988 On December - 06 arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden 

1988 Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown on this day in history. 

1988 On this day in history sTS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission 

1988 On this day in history bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63 

1989 Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal on this day in history. 

1989 Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86 on December - 06. 

1990 Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages on this day in history. 

1990 On December - 06 tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies 

1991 "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres on this day in history. 

1991 On this day in history brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah 

1991 Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 on December - 06. 

1992 On December - 06 riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India 

1992 On December - 06 hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91 

1993 On December - 06 don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85 

1994 On December - 06 apple filed a lawsuit against a San Francisco software firm called Canyon Co., alleging the company had stolen thousands of lines of code from Apple's QuickTime for Windows. 

1994 On this day in history aJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80 

1995 After a long and heated debate, House and Senate committee members agreed on the final wording of the Communications Decency Act, which made it a crime to provide pornography to minors over the Internet on December - 06. 

1995 Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67 on December - 06. 

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