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 December - 07.   

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

1962  On this day in history kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67   

1963  Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 07 george Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs   

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

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

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

1967  On December - 07 house Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87   

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 this day in history.   

1969  Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1970  Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma on this day in history.   

1970  Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 on December - 07.   

1971  On December - 07 wings release their first album "Wild Life"   

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

1971  On December - 07 milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90   

1972  Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched on December - 07.   

1972  Phillippine first lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant on this day in history.   

1972  Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

1975  Canadian skier Ken Read is the first Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71   

1976  On this day in history uN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term   

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

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

1979  On this day in history cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies   

1980  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

0903  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.   

1542  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 07.   

1561  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)   

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  Death of Pope Eutychian on December - 07.   

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 this day in history death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)   

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.   

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

1498  Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history.