Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On this day in history 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 this day in history south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence  

1980  On this day in history jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn  

1980  On December - 06 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  A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis on December - 06.  

1984  On December - 06 hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage  

1984  On this day in history ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90  

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  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  Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 on December - 06.  

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

1987  On this day in history james Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies  

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

1988  Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1989  On December - 06 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  Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages on this day in history.  

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

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

1991  On this day in history brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah  

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  On this day in history don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85  

1994  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 06.  

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

1550  On this day in history 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 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  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.  

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

1550  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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