Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  In this year, 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   

1977  South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence   

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn   

1980  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   

1982  Sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce.   

1983  A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, results in the deaths of 6 Israelis.   

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage   

1984  Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90   

1985  John Cougar Mellencamp promised 24000 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.   

1985  Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92   

1986  Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22   

1987  3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"   

1987  James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies.   

1988  Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden   

1988  Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown   

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

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

1989  Worst Canadian mass murder - man results in the deaths of 14 women at University of Montreal   

1989  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86.   

1990  Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages.   

1990  Tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies.   

1991  "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres.   

1991  Brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah.   

1991  Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna-Aldrich Family), dies at 62   

1992  Riots follow Hindu attack on Ayodha Mosque in India   

1992  Hank Worden, actor (Red River), dies of natural leads to at 91.   

1993  Don Ameche, actor (Cocoon), dies of prostate cancer at 85   

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   

1994  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.   

1995  Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian, dies at 67   

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0846  Hasan al-askari: Shia imam   

1285  King ferdinand iv of castile: King ferdinand iv of castile (d. 1312)   

1421  Henry vi: King of england (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare castiglione: Italian diplomat and author   

1550  Orazio tiberio vecchi: Composer   

1586  Niccolò zucchi: Italian astronomer   

1608  George monck/monk: English general/gov of scotland   

1637  Sir edmund andros: English governor in north america   

0343  Saint nicholas: Saint nicholas   

1185  Death of Afonso i: The conqueror, king of portugal (1143-85),   

1352  Clement vi: [pierre roger], pope (1342-52),   

1531  John volkertsz trimaker: Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Death of Pieter coecke van aelst: Flemish painter,   

1562  Jan van scorel: Dutch painter/architect,   

1598  Elbertus leoninus: Dutch lawyer/politician,   

1618  Death of Jacques-davy duperron: French cardinal (b. 1556)