Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06
Monday, 05 January 2026
1974 George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" on December - 06. 

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 December - 06. 

1977 South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

1984 On December - 06 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 UK joins US Star Wars project on December - 06. 

1985 Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 on December - 06. 

1986 On this day in history malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 

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

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

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

1988 On this day in history bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63 

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 December - 06. 

1990 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1991 Brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah on this day in history. 

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 Hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural causes at 91 on this day in history. 

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 December - 06. 

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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