Historical Events In December - 06

1974  On this day in history george Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"  

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 this day in history south Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence  

1980  Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn on December - 06.  

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  On December - 06 sen Ted and Joan Kennedy divorce  

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

1984  Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage on this day in history.  

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 December - 06 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 December - 06.  

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  Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden on December - 06.  

1988  Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown on December - 06.  

1988  On December - 06 sTS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission  

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

1989  Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at University of Montreal on December - 06.  

1989  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1990  Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages on December - 06.  

1990  Tunku Abdul Rahman, PM of Malaysia (1957-70), dies on December - 06.  

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

1991  On December - 06 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 December - 06 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 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 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  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.  

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)  

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.  

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)  

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas  

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on this day in history.  

1531  On December - 06 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 this day in history.  

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78  

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