Page 6: Historical Events In December - 11

1955  Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51.   

1956  Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin and Wroclaw Poland   

1957  Jerry Lee Lewis weds Myra   

1958  Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France   

1958  4th (last) Dutch govt of Drees falls.   

1959  Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri.   

1960  Black Sunday.   

1961  Adolf Eichman is are discovered guilty of war crimes, in Israel   

1961  Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks   

1961  JFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam.   

1961  "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released   

1964  Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76.   

1967  Beatles' Apple Music signs its inaugural group-Grapefruit.   

1967  SST prototype "Concorde" inaugural shown (France)   

1967  Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC   

1968  The Labor Department announced that the nation's unemployment rate had dwindled to 3.3%, the lowest mark in 15 years   

1968  Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   

1969  The secretary of the Moscow writer's union declares that nudity as displayed in the popular play "Oh! Calcutta!" is a sign of decadence in Western culture   

1972  Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on the Moon   

1972  John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies.   

1973  Karen and Richard Carpenter received a gold record for their single, Top of the World   

1974  Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63   

1975  inaugural class postage rises from $0.10 to $0.13.   

1978  6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry   

1979  Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66   

1981  Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick.   

1981  Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center   

1981  UN Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Secretary-General   

1983  inaugural visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome).   

1983  Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

1984  George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90.   

1985  General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC   

1985  The most expensive non-oil acquisition in U.S. history took place. General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation for $6.3 billion   

1986  Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30   

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1465  Ashikaga yoshihisa: Japanese shogun   

1475  Leo x: [giovanni de' medici], italy, pope (1513-21)   

1475  Pope leo x: Pope leo x (d. 1521)   

1566  Manuel cardoso: Composer   

1676  Johann georg weichenberger: Composer   

1709  Louise elisabeth of orléans: Queen consort of spain   

1712  Francesco algarotti: Italian earl/encyclopedic (viaggio in russia)   

1725  George mason: American statesman   

0384  Death of Pope damasus i: Pope damasus i   

0711  Justitianus ii: Emperor of byzantium,   

1121  Death of Al-afdal shahanshah: Caliph of egypt (b. 1066)   

1226  Death of Robert de ros: English politician (b. 1177)   

1282  Llywelyn ab gruffydd: Monarch of north wales (1246-77),   

1282  Llywelyn the last (b. c.1228): The last native prince of wales, is killed at cilmeri, near builth wells, south wales.   

1524  Henry van zutphen: Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1532  Pietro accolti: Italian catholic cardinal (b. 1455)