Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

1959  On December - 07 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances   

1960  Ivory Coast claims independence from France on this day in history.   

1962  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1963  Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans on December - 07.   

1964  George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs on this day in history.   

1965  Chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the first time Chevrolet had produced an annual total surpassing three million vehicles on December - 07.   

1965  On this day in history 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 & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 on this day in history.   

1966  A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on December - 07.   

1967  On December - 07 "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs   

1967  House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1968  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1968  On December - 07 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 on December - 07.   

1969  On December - 07 eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66   

1970  On December - 07 the Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms   

1970  On this day in history taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma   

1970  On December - 07 rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87   

1971  On this day in history wings release their first album "Wild Life"   

1971  On this day in history "Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC   

1971  Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 on December - 07.   

1972  On December - 07 apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched   

1972  On this day in history phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant   

1972  On this day in history adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1973  Wings release "Band on the Run" on this day in history.   

1975  Canadian skier Ken Read is the first Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France on December - 07.   

1975  Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1976  UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term on December - 07.   

1977  On this day in history islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on December - 07.   

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on December - 07.   

1980  On December - 07 darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22   

1982  On December - 07 charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas   

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.   

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.   

1302  On this day in history birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on December - 07.   

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  On this day in history birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on December - 07.   

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

0043  On this day in history death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)   

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on this day in history.   

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on December - 07.   

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on this day in history.   

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on this day in history.   

1295  On this day in history death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.   

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on December - 07.