Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" on this day in history.   

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  South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence on December - 06.   

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on December - 06.   

1980  On December - 06 nASA launches Intelsat V   

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

1982  Sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce on December - 06.   

1983  On this day in history a bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis   

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage on December - 06.   

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 this day in history uK joins US Star Wars project   

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

1986  On December - 06 malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22   

1987  On December - 06 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"   

1987  James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden   

1988  On this day in history nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown   

1988  On December - 06 sTS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission   

1988  Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63 on December - 06.   

1989  On this day in history worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal   

1989  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies   

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

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

1991  Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1992  Riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India on this day in history.   

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

1993  Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on December - 06.   

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

1531  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.   

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