Page 6: Historical Events In December - 10

1958  inaugural domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people.   

1958  Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72   

1959  Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies   

1960  Kenneth Branagh, British actor is born   

1962  Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years.   

1963  6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show.   

1963  Zanzibar is recorded as becoming independent within British Commonwealth   

1964  Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33   

1965  Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68.   

1966  In this year, Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon claims Nobel Prize for literature   

1966  Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65.   

1967  Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71   

1968  Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82.   

1969  Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75.   

1971  William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice   

1971  Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57   

1972  Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78   

1973  Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81.   

1974  Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun.   

1974  Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50.   

1975  Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize.   

1977  Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.   

1978  In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.   

1978  Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54.   

1979  Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67.   

1980  Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth   

1981  John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89   

1982  Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off   

1982  Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83.   

1983  Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize.   

1983  Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's inaugural civilian president.   

1983  Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84   

1984  South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize   

1986  Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.   

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1394  King james i of scotland: King james i of scotland (d. 1437)   

1452  Johannes stöffler: German mathematician and astronomer   

1538  Giovanni battista guarini: Italian writer (faithfull shepherd)   

1588  Isaac beeckman: Dutch scientist and philosopher   

1679  Willem maurits: Dutch count of nassau/gov of zeeuws-flanders   

1691  Cornelis pronk: Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist   

1741  Agatha "aagje" deken: Dutch writer (for the elderly & children)   

1750  Tipu sultan: Ruler of the kingdom of mysore   

0949  Herman i: Duke of swabia   

0969  Death of Nicephorus ii phocas: Byzantine co-emperor (963-69), murdered   

1041  Michael iv: Paphlagonicus, emperor of byzantine,   

1198  Death of Averroes: Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

1490  Death of Antoine haneron: Bourgundy diplomat,   

1508  René ii: Duke of lorraine (b. 1451)   

1524  Death of Henry van zutphen: Dutch augustine/luthern minister, burned to death   

1572  Death of Cornelis musius: Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72