Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

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

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  South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 06 jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn   

1980  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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 December - 06.   

1987  On December - 06 james Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies   

1988  Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden on December - 06.   

1988  Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown on December - 06.   

1988  STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission on December - 06.   

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

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

1989  On December - 06 frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86   

1990  On this day in history 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  On December - 06 brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah   

1991  On December - 06 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 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  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  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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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.   

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

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

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

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 this day in history.   

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

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)