Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On this day in history george Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"   

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

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on December - 06.   

1980  NASA launches Intelsat V on December - 06.   

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  On December - 06 sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce   

1983  On this day in history 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  On December - 06 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.   

1985  On December - 06 uK joins US Star Wars project   

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

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

1987  On December - 06 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  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 December - 06 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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

1992  Hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91 on December - 06.   

1993  Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85 on December - 06.   

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  On this day in history 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.   

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

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

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.   

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.   

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  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

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

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas   

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

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  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.