Historical Events In December - 07

1959  "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history ivory Coast claims independence from France   

1962  On December - 07 great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1962  On December - 07 kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1963  On this day in history ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans   

1964  George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs on December - 07.   

1965  On December - 07 chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the first 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 on December - 07.   

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

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

1967  "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs on this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit   

1968  Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history 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 on December - 07.   

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

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  Wings release their first album "Wild Life" on this day in history.   

1971  "Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC on December - 07.   

1971  On this day in history milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90   

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

1972  Phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant on December - 07.   

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on December - 07.   

1973  On this day in history wings release "Band on the Run"   

1975  On December - 07 canadian skier Ken Read is the first 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 on this day in history.   

1976  On December - 07 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 on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 07 paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

1979  On December - 07 cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies   

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  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

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

1542  On this day in history birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on December - 07.   

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1598  On December - 07 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  On December - 07 death of pope Eutychian   

0983  On this day in history otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28   

1254  On this day in history innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies   

1279  On December - 07 death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  On December - 07 death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

1383  On this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies   

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