Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

1959  On this day in history "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 December - 07.   

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

1963  On December - 07 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  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  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  On this day in history 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 December - 07.   

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

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

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

1972  On this day in history 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 December - 07 adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91   

1973  Wings release "Band on the Run" on December - 07.   

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

1976  On this day in history 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 this day in history paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies   

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

1980  Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1279  On this day in history 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 December - 07 wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies   

1498  On December - 07 death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist