Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On December - 06 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 on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 06 south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

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

1980  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1982  On December - 06 11 soldiers and 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland   

1982  Sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 06.   

1985  UK joins US Star Wars project on December - 06.   

1985  Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1986  Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden on this day in history.   

1988  On December - 06 nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown   

1988  On December - 06 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  On this day in history worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal   

1989  On this day in history frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86   

1990  On December - 06 saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages   

1990  Tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies on this day in history.   

1991  "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres on December - 06.   

1991  Brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah on December - 06.   

1991  On this day in history ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62   

1992  Riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India on December - 06.   

1992  On this day in history 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  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 on December - 06.   

1994  AJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.   

1285  On December - 06 birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.   

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.   

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)