Historical Events In December - 07

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 December - 07.  

1966  A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey kills 68 people on this day in history.  

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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 December - 07.  

1968  On this day in history richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823  

1968  On December - 07 m Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923  

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 December - 07.  

1970  On December - 07 taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma  

1970  Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On December - 07 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  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  On this day in history hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71  

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

1977  Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0 on this day in history.  

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.  

1979  Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies on this day in history.  

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on December - 07.  

1982  On this day in history 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 December - 07.  

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  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  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer  

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on this day in history.  

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on this day in history.  

0283  On December - 07 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  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on this day in history.  

1295  On December - 07 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.