Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

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

1960  On December - 07 ivory Coast claims independence from France   

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

1962  Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 on December - 07.   

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

1964  On this day in history george Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs   

1965  On this day in history 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  On December - 07 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 December - 07.   

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

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

1967  On this day in history house Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87   

1968  Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit on December - 07.   

1968  On this day in history 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  The Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms on this day in history.   

1970  On December - 07 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 December - 07.   

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

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

1972  On this day in history apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched   

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 December - 07.   

1975  On December - 07 hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71   

1976  On December - 07 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 this day in history 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 December - 07 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 on December - 07.   

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0521  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)   

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

1302  On December - 07 birth of azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)   

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

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  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on December - 07.   

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on December - 07.   

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian   

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

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on December - 07.   

1279  On December - 07 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 December - 07 wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies   

1498  On this day in history death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist