Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" on December - 06.   

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  On December - 06 south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on this day in history.   

1980  NASA launches Intelsat V on December - 06.   

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 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  UK joins US Star Wars project on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 December - 06 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  Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal on December - 06.   

1989  On this day in history frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86   

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  "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 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  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  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  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 06.   

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

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

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

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

1185  On this day in history 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 this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

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

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