Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07

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

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

1962  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on December - 07.   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 December - 07.   

1977  Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies on December - 07.   

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  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.   

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on December - 07.   

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on December - 07.   

1542  On December - 07 birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)   

1545  On December - 07 birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)   

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer   

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

1598  On this day in history birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)   

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

1295  On this day in history death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)   

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on this day in history.   

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