Page 7: Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On December - 06 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  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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 06 sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce   

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

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

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

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 December - 06.   

1986  Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 on this day in history.   

1987  3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun" on this day in history.   

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  On December - 06 nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown   

1988  STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission on this day in history.   

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

1989  On this day in history 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  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  "Star Trek VI-The Undiscovered Country" premieres on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 06 brooke Ashley Meadowcroft is born Salt Lake City, Utah   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 December - 06.   

1994  AJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80 on December - 06.   

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  On December - 06 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

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

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

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

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