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  South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence on this day in history.  

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on December - 06.  

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 December - 06.  

1982  On December - 06 sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce  

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

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage on this day in history.  

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

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1985  On this day in history 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 December - 06.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India  

1992  On this day in history hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91  

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 this day in history.  

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

1995  On December - 06 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  On this day in history dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67  

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)  

1285  On this day in history 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 December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)  

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on this day in history.  

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

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas  

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76  

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on December - 06.  

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

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

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

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)