Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1963  Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans.   

1964  George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs   

1965  Chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the inaugural time Chevrolet had produced an annual total surpassing three million vehicles   

1965  Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the 2 churches in 1054.   

1965  Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054   

1966  A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey results in the deaths of 68 people   

1967  "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs   

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87   

1968  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit.   

1968  Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823.   

1968  M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923.   

1969  Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66.   

1970  The Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms.   

1970  Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma   

1970  Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike and Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87.   

1971  Wings release their inaugural album "Wild Life".   

1971  "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC.   

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90   

1972  Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched   

1972  Phillippine inaugural lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant   

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1973  Wings release "Band on the Run"   

1975  Canadian skier Ken Read is the inaugural Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71.   

1976  UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term   

1977  Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0.   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies.   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies.   

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22.   

1982  Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas   

1983  2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93   

1983  Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA   

1984  Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65   

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0521  Saint columba: Irish christian missionary to scotland   

0903  Abd al-rahman al sufi: Persian astronomer   

1302  Azzone visconti lord of milan: Azzone visconti lord of milan (d. 1339)   

1542  Mary stuart: Queen of scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  Henry stuart: Lord darnley, consort of mary i of scotland   

1557  Girolamo trombeti: Composer   

1561  Kikkawa hiroie: Japanese politician   

1598  Giovanni bernini: Italy, baroque sculptor (st teresa in ecstasy)   

0043  Death of Cicero: Roman politician and author (b. 106 bc)   

0283  Pope eutychian: Pope eutychian   

0983  Death of Otto ii the red: German king/emperor (973-83),   

1254  Innocent iv: [sinibaldo dei fieschi], pope (1243-54),   

1279  Death of King boleslaus v of poland: King boleslaus v of poland (b. 1226)   

1295  Death of Gilbert de clare: 7th earl of hertford, english politician (b. 1243)   

1383  Death of Wenceslaus: Duke of brabant,   

1498  Alexander hegius von heek: German humanist