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This Day in History for 3rd December


Historical Events

                                   
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass        Confederate General James Longstreet         Baseball Legend Connie Mack

                                   
Dictator of Nazi Germany                     Playwright Tennessee Williams                 WWF Wrestler Hulk Hogan
 Adolf Hitler


741 - St Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III
1347 - Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics
1557 - 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia
1621 - Galileo invents telescope
1639 - 1st annulment by court decree passes
1676 - Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch
           force of 13,000
1678 - Edmund Halley receives MA from The Queen's College, Oxford
1685 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1694 - English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1699 - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague
1775 - 1st official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
1818 - Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
1828 - Andrew Jackson elected 7th US President
1833 - Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens
1834 - 1st US dental society organized (NY)
1835 - 1st US mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI)
1844 - RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms
1847 - Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"
1854 - Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more
           than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising
           over mining licences.
1863 - Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN
1864 - Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia
1866 - Paid fire dept replaces volunteer companies
1868 - 1st blacks on US trial jury appointed for Jefferson Davis trial
1878 - Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah, Israel
1881 - Henry Morton Stanley founds Leopoldville/Kinshasa
1883 - 48th US Congress (1883-85) convenes
1901 - Milwaukee is dropped from the AL & replaced by St Louis Browns
1903 - Panglima Polim surrenders to Capt Colijn at Atjeh
1907 - George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in NYC
1908 - Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A premieres
1910 - Neon lights 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show)
1912 - Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer
1912 - Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact
1912 - First Balkan War: The Naval Battle of Elli takes place.
1914 - Dutch army opens fire on interned Belgian soldiers: 8 killed
1917 - After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
1920 - Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty
1921 - 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0
1922 - 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC
1923 - 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Wash DC)
1926 - Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)
1929 - Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
1930 - Airborn chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)
1930 - Otto Ender forms Austrian government
1930 - Richard Rodgers/L Hart's musical "Evergreen" premieres in London
1931 - Alka Seltzer goes on sale
1932 - 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6
1932 - Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany
1933 - Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000
1933 - Joe Lilliard QBs Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
1934 - Italian colonial Tripoli & Cyrenaica annexed to Libya
1934 - KYW-AM in Chicago Ill moves to Phila Penn
1938 - AAUs decides to continue linear measuring system over metric
1939 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres
1941 - Hitler views Poltava Ukraine
1943 - 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB)
1943 - Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins
1943 - Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres
1944 - British order to disarm causes general strike in Greece
1944 - Hungarian death march of Jews ends
1944 - Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe
1944 - NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves
1944 - US 5th Armoured division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald
1944 - The Greek Civil War breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between communists and
           royalists.
1944 - Britain's Home Guard ('Dad's Army') is officially stood down at a special farewell parade in
           Hyde Park, London.
1946 - 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
1946 - US government asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1947 - Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in NYC
1948 - "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
1948 - 1st US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn in
1948 - Don Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial
1948 - Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea killing 1,100
1949 - KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
1950 - Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)
1950 - Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
1950 - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts
1952 - 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1952 - Marcos Perez Jiménez elected president of Venezuela
1953 - "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
1953 - Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party
1953 - Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet
1954 - Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres
1954 - William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida," premieres in London
1955 - KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Bitain and France pull troops out of Egypt
1956 - KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
1956 - Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52)
1957 - 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
1958 - Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses
1959 - State of emergency on Cyprus ends
1960 - "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
1960 - Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot" premieres in NYC
1961 - Anton Geesink becomes 1st non-Japanese judo world champion
1961 - Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein
1961 - George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal
1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 - Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
1962 - Pravda criticizes western art
1964 - KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 - Police arrests 800 sit-in students at U of Cal at Berkeley
1965 - Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
1965 - USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
1966 - US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss
1967 - 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, South Africa)
1967 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
1967 - Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
1967 - Final run of "20th Century Limited" famed NY-Chicago luxury train
1968 - NBC Elvis comeback special airs
1968 - Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" & strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top
           of knees to armpits, to help hitters
1969 - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 - Miss Teenage America Pageant
1971 - Pres Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
1971 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: India invades West Pakistan and a full scale war begins claiming
           hundreds of lives.
1972 - Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1973 - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT]
1975 - Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
1976 - Dr Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq
1978 - "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
1978 - Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1979 - 11 trampled to death at Cincinnati Who concert
1979 - 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern Cal (RB)
1979 - Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
1979 - Iran accepts constitution
1979 - Shadow Traffic begins broadcasting in the New York City metropolitan area.
1980 - NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-NJ & Murphy, D-NY, guilty
1981 - Beth Daniel/Tom Kite win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - 1st NJ Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4
1982 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)
1982 - 77°F highest December temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio
1982 - NJ Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini)
1982 - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez
1983 - "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 perfs
1983 - 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
1983 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 - 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
1985 - 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB
1986 - Sri Lanka all out 55 v WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs
1988 - 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
1988 - NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
1989 - Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1989 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George Bush, snr, declare the Cold War
           over.
1990 - NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with SF Giants
1991 - Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
1991 - Muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen
1991 - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
1992 - UN Security Council votes unanimous for US led forces to enter Somalia
1992 - The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a
           storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
1995 - "Company" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
1995 - "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 49 performances
1995 - 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)
1995 - Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1995 - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v South Africa, a record
1995 - Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar
1995 - Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864
1997 - "1776" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC
1997 - Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for
           attacking his coach P J Carlesimo
1999 - NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters
           the Martian atmosphere.
2005 - XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.
2007 - Devastating winter storms caused the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County,
           Washington, also closing a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight 
           deaths and billions of dollars of damaged are blamed on the floods.
2012 - Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, reaches the end of our solar system and enters
           interstellar space

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This Day in History for 3rd December


Famous Weddings

1931 - Silent film actress Clara Bow (26) weds actor and politician Rex Bell (28) in Las Vegas
1984 - Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc
2005 - NBC correspondent Hoda Kotb (41) weds New Orleans tennis coach Burzis Kanga in the
            Dominican Republic
2005 - "The Last Samurai" actor Ken Watanabe (46) weds actress Kaho Minami (41) in Tokyo
2005 - French heiress Athina Onassis (20) weds Olympic gold medalist equestrian Alvaro de Miranda
           Neto (32) in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2005 - Marilyn Manson lead singer Brian Warner (36) weds burlesque performer Dita Von Teese (33)
           at Castle Gurteen in County Tipperary, Ireland

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This Day in History for 3rd December


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Novelist Joseph Conrad (1857)         Rock Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne (1948)             Actress Julianne Moore (1960)


1368 - Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)
1483 - Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist
1560 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)
1576 - Marsilio Casentini, composer
1668 - Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer
1684 - Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)
1729 - Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)
1750 - Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
1752 - Georg-Friederich Fuchs, composer
1753 - Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)
1755 - Gilbert Stuart, US, portrait painter (painted Washington)
1758 - Josef Gelinek, composer
1776 - Johann Spurzheim, German neuroscientist (d. 1832)
1795 - Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840)
1797 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
1800 - France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1806 - Henry Alexander Wise, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1809 - Thomas Alfred Davies, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1822 - Charles Adam Heckman, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1826 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1826 - George Brinton McClellan, Major General (Union Army), died in 1885
1829 - Green Berry Raum, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
1838 - Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)
1838 - Octavia Hill, British reformer, leader of open-space movement
1842 - Ellen Henrietta Richards, US, chemist (Amer Home Economics Association-1st Pres)
1842 - Phoebe Hearst, American socialite (d. 1919)
1842 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (d. 1899)
1857 - Joseph Conrad, Berdychiv, Poland, novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness), (d. 1924)
1862 - Jules Renkin, Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32)
1864 - Herman Heijermans Jr, Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City)
1875 - Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist
1875 - Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (d. 1955)
1880 - Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1883 - Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer (great Aussie quick of early century)
1883 - Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern, Vienna Aust, 12-tone composer
1884 - Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963)
1884 - Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1965)
1885 - Marchien Zwitsers, farmer in Lutten (died at 109 years old)
1886 - Manne Siegbahn, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
1887 - Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan (d. 1990)
1888 - Ion Nonna Otescu, composer
1895 - Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F
1896 - Boleslaw Szabelski, composer
1896 - John Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen)
1897 - Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak)
1898 - Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer
1899 - Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
1900 - Lester Matthews, Nottingham England, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu)
1900 - Richard Kuhn, Austria, biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel 1938)
1900 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (d. 2004)
1902 - Willem Arnold de Vries Robbe, composer
1904 - Juan E Yrausquin, founder (Party of Patriot Arubans)/minister
1905 - Leslie Ames, cricketer (England wicket-keeper of 30's Outstanding bat)
1907 - Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader
1907 - Connee Boswell, New Orleans La, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue)
1908 - Halsey Stevens, Scott NY, composer (Triskelion)
1908 - Nigel M Balchin, [Mark Spade], English author (Business for Pleasure)
1908 - Edward Underdown, English actor (d. 1989)
1910 - Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon
1911 - Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)
1911 - Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada)
1913 - Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter
1914 - Irving Fine, Boston Mass, composer (Toccata)
1918 - Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (d. 2000)
1919 - Charles Craig, opera singer
1921 - Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking)
1921 - Phyllis Curtin, American soprano
1922 - Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006)
1923 - Tom Fears, NFL end (LA Rams)
1923 - Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder (batted & ran)
1924 - John Backus, inventor (FORTRAN computer language)
1924 - Roberto Mières, Argentine racing driver
1924 - Francisco Sionil José, Filipino novelist, Philippine National Artist for Literature
1925 - Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's)
1925 - Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone)
1925 - Kim Dae Jung, South Korean President, Nobel laureate
1926 - Hans Otte, German composer/pianist (The Book of Sounds, Book of Hours)
1927 - Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)
1927 - Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) (d. 2012)
1929 - Clarence Ford, sax player
1929 - Paul Harris Turok, composer
1929 - Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist (Handel-Renaissance)
1930 - Jean-Luc Godard, French director (Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless)
1930 - Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg WV, soprano (NYC Opera)
1931 - Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director (Sonja)
1931 - Jaye P Morgan, Mancos Colo, singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol)
1931 - Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author
1932 - Corry Brokken, Dutch singer
1933 - Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate
1934 - Nicolas Coster, actor (Robert Delaney-Another World)
1934 - Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 24, 37/36)
1937 - Bobby Allison, auto racer (3 time winner of Daytona 500)
1937 - Stephen Rubin, English attorney/shoe manufacturer (Reebok, Adidas)
1937 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist
1938 - Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor/composer (Star Wagon)
1938 - Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner
1940 - Jeffrey R. Holland, American religious leader
1941 - Mary Alice, Indianola MS, newscaster (CBS, Lettie-Different World)
1942 - Alice Schwarzer, German journalist
1943 - Valerie Perrine, Galveston Tx, actress (Slaughterhouse 5)
1945 - Laura Dean, Staten Island NYC, composer/choreographer (Drumming)
1946 - Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
1948 - Diane Kurys, [Emir Kusturica], Sarajevo, bass guitarist
1948 - Ozzy Osbourne, Aston, Birmingham,, rock vocalist (Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon)
1949 - Christopher John Seward, aid worker
1949 - Heather Menzies, Toronto Canada, actress (Jessica-Logan's Run)
1949 - Mickey Thomas, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship)
1950 - John Akii-bua, Uganda, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972)
1950 - Muntu Myeza, South African anti-apartheid activist
1951 - Danger Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 - James Turner Brewer, Maywood Ill, basketball player (Oly-silver-1972)
1951 - Mike Stock, rocker (Stock, Aitken & Waterman-Road Block)
1951 - Rick Mears, Indy-car racer (over 25 wins)
1951 - Riki Chosyu, [Mitsuo Yoshida], wrestler (NJPW/All-Japan)
1951 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (d. 1994)
1951 - John and Greg Rice, American twin actors
1951 - Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
1952 - Don Barnes, rock guitarist (38 Special)
1952 - Duane Roland, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
1952 - Mel Smith, author, actor, and comedian (Morons From Outer Space), (d. 2013)
1952 - Benny Hinn, American televangelist
1953 - Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 - Paul Gregg, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1954 - Grace Andreacchi, American author
1955 - Melody Anderson, Edmonton, actress (Natalie Dillon-All My Children)
1955 - Warren Jeffs, American convicted polygamist
1956 - Hart Bochner, Los Angeles CA, actor/director (Rich & Famous)
1959 - Kathy Jordan, Bryn Mawr PA, tennis player (US Opens Doubles 1981)
1959 - Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish TV presenter
1960 - Daryl Hannah, Chicago, Illinois, American actress (Splash, Blade Runner)
1960 - Mike Ramsey, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 - Julianne Moore, Fayetteville North Carolina, American actress (Magnolia, The Kids are Alright)
1961 - Adal Ramones, Mexican television host
1962 - Tammy Jackson, WNBA forward/center (Houston Comets)
1963 - Ashley De Silva, Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper (1993)
1963 - Steve Hegg, Dana Point California, road cyclist (Olympics-16th-84, 96)
1963 - Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi)
1963 - Terri Schiavo, American right to die figure (d. 2005)
1964 - Darryl Hamilton, Baton Rouge LA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1964 - Toi Cook, cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1965 - Katarina Witt, Staaken GDR, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-1984, 88)
1965 - Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1965 - Steve Harris, American actor
1965 - Andrew Stanton, American animator
1966 - Lisa Lightfoot, Australian middle distance runner (Olympics-96)
1966 - Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer
1967 - David Diaz, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1967 - Greg Sutton, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
1967 - Katie Henderson, Santa Monica CA, WPVA volleyball (US Open-25th-1993)
1968 - Brendan Fraser, Indianapolis In, actor (School Ties, 20 Bucks)
1968 - Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star
1968 - Kevin Telles, actor (Party Camp)
1968 - Montell Jordan, American singer and record producer
1969 - Ed King, NFL guard (NO Saints)
1969 - Kwamie Lassiter, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1969 - Bill Steer, British guitarist
1970 - Charles Hope, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Jennifer Rothschild, [Rubin], actress (Judas Project)
1970 - Laura Schuler, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1970 - Lindsey Hunter, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1970 - Paul Byrd, Louisville KY, pitcher (NY Mets)
1970 - Christian Karembeu, French footballer
1971 - Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer
1971 - Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
1971 - Vernon White, American mixed martial artist
1972 - Eva Nemcova, WNBA forward/guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1972 - Peter Wright, US, 1500m freestyle (Olympics-96)
1972 - Bucky Lasek, American skateboarder
1973 - Andrew McNally, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1973 - Brian Loyd, Lynwood CA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1973 - Holly Marie Combs, American actress
1973 - Super Crazy, Mexican professional wrestler
1973 - Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey
1974 - Ralph Staten, safety (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 - Lauren E Roman, Wilmington NC, actress (Laura Kirk-All My Children)
1975 - Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1975 - Mickey Avalon, American rapper
1975 - Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép)
1975 - Malinda Williams, American actress
1976 - Gary Glover, American baseball player
1976 - Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1976 - Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
1976 - Cornelius Griffin, American football player
1977 - David Sales, cricketer (Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996)
1977 - Chad Durbin, American baseball player
1977 - Adam Małysz, Polish ski-jumper
1977 - Troy Evans, American football player
1978 - Trina, American rapper
1978 - Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
1979 - Daniel Bedingfield, English singer
1979 - Rainbow Sun Francks, Canadian actor
1979 - Rock Cartwright, American football player
1980 - Anna Chlumsky, Chicago Ill, actress (My Girl)
1980 - Jenna Dewan, American actress
1980 - Jim Sorgi, American football player
1981 - Brian Bonsall, actor (Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation)
1981 - Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
1981 - David Villa, Spanish footballer
1981 - Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
1982 - Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
1982 - Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor
1982 - Manny Corpas, American baseball player
1983 - Sherri DuPree, American vocalist
1984 - Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1985 - Mike Randolph, American soccer player
1985 - Amanda Seyfried, American actress
1985 - László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
1985 - Marcus Darrell Williams, American basketball player
1987 - Alicia Sacramone, American Gymnast
1987 - Michael Angarano, American actor
1992 - Joseph McManners, English actor
1994 - Jake T. Austin, American actor
2005 - Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway

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This Day in History for 3rd December


Famous Deaths

                 
Novelist                                                                 Painter & Sculptor
Robert Louis Stevenson (1894)                   Pierre Auguste Renoir (1919)


450 - Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies
1137 - Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67
1154 - Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies
1265 - Odofredus, Italian jurist
1463 - Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1469 - Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53
1491 - Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies
1533 - Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1552 - St Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506)
1610 - Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)
1660 - Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1676 - Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried
1706 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)
1765 - Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
1789 - Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies
1807 - Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies
1815 - John Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)
1823 - Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84
1839 - Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71
1845 - Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786)
1857 - Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80
1866 - Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65
1876 - Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35
1882 - Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811)
1888 - Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816)
1889 - Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82
1890 - Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies
1892 - William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies
1892 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (b. 1820)
1894 - HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76
1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, dies at 45
1902 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies at 89
1912 - Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
1919 - Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78
1933 - Richard Henry Warren, composer, dies at 74
1934 - Charles James O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. 1849)
1937 - Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies
1941 - Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85
1941 - Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (b. 1883)
1942 - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer, dies at 75
1944 - Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at 75
1949 - Elin Pelin, writer, dies
1949 - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at 62
1954 - Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70
1955 - Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894)
1957 - Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81
1960 - Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83
1961 - Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75
1961 - Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs & Downstairs), dies at 76
1964 - Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies
1964 - George Brown, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies
1967 - Annette Kolb, writer, dies at 92
1967 - Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at 54
1967 - Harry Wismer, American original owner of the New York Jets (b. 1913)
1969 - Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55
1969 - Mathias Wieman, German actor (b. 1902)
1972 - Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)
1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67
1973 - Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
1975 - Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies
1975 - Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist, dies at 76
1976 - Mary Nash, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
1978 - William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83
1979 - Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (b. 1905)
1980 - Oswald Mosley, British politician (b. 1896)
1981 - Walter Knott, American farmer (b. 1889)
1984 - Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72
1984 - Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (b. 1919)
1985 - Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
1990 - Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
1991 - Alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies
1991 - Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75
1992 - Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91
1992 - Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema
1992 - Nureddin Al-Atassi, president of Syria (1966-70), dies
1993 - Lewis Thomas, biologist, dies of cancer at 80
1993 - Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at 40
1994 - Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77
1994 - Elizabeth Meyer, wife of Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47
1994 - Giorgi Chanturia, Pres of Georgia, assassinated
1994 - Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies
1994 - Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57
1995 - Jimmy Jewel, comedian, dies at 82
1995 - Robertson Davies (author), dies at 82
1995 - Roxie Roker, actress (Claudine)/mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies at 66
1996 - Babrak Karmal, PM of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies
1996 - Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84
1996 - George Duby, historian, dies at 77
1997 - Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91
1997 - Steve Hamilton, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
1998 - Pierre Hétu, Quebec conductor and pianist (b. 1936)
1999 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (b. 1942)
1999 - Jarl Wahlström, 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
1999 - Scatman John, American singer (b. 1942)
2000 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b. 1917)
2000 - Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (b. 1922)
2002 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
2003 - David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
2004 - Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911)
2005 - Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 - Logan Whitehurst, American musician (b. 1977)
2007 - James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
2008 - Robert Zajonc, Polish-American social psychologist (b. 1923)
2009 - Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (b. 1919)
2010 - Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik poet and fiction writer (b.1927)
2011 - Dev Anand, Indian actor (b. 1923)
2011 - Philip Burrell, influential Jamaican record producer, dies of a heart attack at 57

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th December


Historical Events

                                   
Holy Roman Emperor                   Jazz-orchestra leader, Composer, Pianist             32nd US President
Charlemagne                                                 Duke Ellington                                         Franklin D. Roosevelt

                                   
Impressionist Painter                            Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro               Writer Jean-Paul Sartre
Henri Matisse

                 
US President & Actor                           US President George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan


771 - King Carloman joint King of the Franks, dies, leaving his older brother Charlemagne, sole ruler
         of the Frankish Kingdom.
1110 - Syrian harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1154 - Pope Hadrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear
           was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames,
           Oxfordshire.
1197 - Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
1259 - Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX
1489 - Battle of Baza - Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
1534 - Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
1563 - Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
1619 - 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God.
           Considered by many as the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
1644 - 1st European peace congress opens in Munster
1655 - Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
1665 - Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand" premieres in Paris
1674 - Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
1676 - Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages
           the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1680 - Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
1682 - 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
1688 - General John Churchill (later 1st Duke of Marlborough) changes allegiance from James II to
           William of Orange
1691 - Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
1691 - Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
1783 - Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
1791 - Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, 1st published
1798 - Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
1812 - Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
1816 - James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
1829 - Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral
           pyre
1832 - French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
1833 - American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila
1836 - Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa
1843 - Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass
1843 - Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig
1844 - James K Polk elected 11th president of USA
1851 - Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte's forces crush an attempted coup d'etat in France
1863 - Storm flood ravages Netherlands coastal provinces
1864 - Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA
1864 - Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
1867 - Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry
           (better known today as the Grange).
1875 - William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
1881 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1889 - Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
1899 - 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
1899 - Webb Hayes, son of pres Rutherford Hayes, receives medal of honor
1901 - Anne Russell's 'Girl and the judge' premieres in NYC
1905 - British government of Balfour resigns
1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
1908 - Haiti's president General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
1909 - 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6
1914 - Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens
           to take Johnson to court
1915 - F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
1915 - Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga
1915 - Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
1918 - Pres Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel
           outside US while in office
1920 - 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
1920 - 8th CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
1921 - The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
1922 - Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service
1923 - Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres
1923 - WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
1926 - 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7
1927 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Symphony premieres in Moscow
1927 - Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem
1927 - Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP
1928 - Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee" premieres in NYC
1930 - French government of Tardieu falls
1930 - Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
1931 - "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
1933 - FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1933 - Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road" premieres in NYC
1935 - 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class
1941 - Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
1942 - 1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
1942 - FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
1942 - US bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II
1942 - Works Progress Administration liquidated
1942 - Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Filipowicz set up the Żegota
           organization.
1943 - -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inonu
1943 - Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
1943 - Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
1944 - Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
1945 - 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)
1945 - Senate approves US participation in UN
1947 - USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union
1948 - "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances
1948 - SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1949 - Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
1951 - Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper" premieres in NYC
1951 - Superheated gasses roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
1951 - Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Yusouf is appointed President of Azad Kashmir Government.
1952 - Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
1952 - Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
1954 - "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1954 - "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
1954 - The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, USA
1955 - Mgr Alfrink installed as Archbishop of Utrecht
1956 - 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
1957 - 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
1957 - 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's, England)
1958 - Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community
1958 - Finnish government of Fagerholm resigns
1961 - Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1961 - Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
1961 - Smallest NY Knick, 49th St Madison Square Garden crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
1961 - Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
1961 - WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1961 - The female contraceptive 'pill' becomes available on the National Health Service in Britain
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - Aldo Moro forms Italian government (1963-1968)
1963 - Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
1964 - Baseball approves a free-agent draft
1964 - Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
1964 - Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
1964 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
1965 - "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 perfs
1965 - 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
1965 - 2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
1965 - Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
1965 - SF Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with
           the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
1966 - KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational
1970 - Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
1971 - The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation
           between India and Pakistan.
1971 - The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1973 - Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
1974 - Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
1974 - Jean-Paul Sartre visits Red Army Faction leader Andreas Baader in prison
1975 - 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
1977 - Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
1977 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa crowns himself ruler of Central African Empire
1977 - NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
1977 - Neil Simon's "Chapter Two" premieres in NYC
1978 - Dianne Feinstein is named SF 1st female mayor
1978 - Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten freed
1978 - Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1979 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith
1980 - 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
1980 - Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
1981 - "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
1981 - Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) that allows CIA to engage in domestic
           counter-intelligence
1981 - According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent
           country outside South Africa
1982 - 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
1982 - China adopts its constitution
1982 - Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
1983 - "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
1983 - "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
1983 - David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby" premieres in NYC
1983 - NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
1983 - US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
1984 - Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
1984 - Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
1985 - "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
1985 - French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
1985 - President Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
1986 - NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
1986 - Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" premieres in NYC
1987 - Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
1988 - Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
1988 - Amy Benz/John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1988 - Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
1988 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1990 - Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC
1990 - Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1991 - Judds final concert (Nashville)
1991 - Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
1991 - Pan American World Airways ceased operations
1991 - Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
1992 - Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in
           Northeast Africa.
1993 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
1993 - Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
1993 - A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1994 - "Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 perfs
1994 - "Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 perfs
1994 - 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
1994 - Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1995 - Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
1996 - 7th Billboard Music Awards
1996 - NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
1996 - Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing
           to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
1997 - "Diary of Anne Frank" opens at Music Box Theater NYC
1997 - NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
1998 - The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
2005 - Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government
           to allow universal and equal suffrage.
2006 - An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km
           (620 miles) south of Tokyo.
2012 - 29 people are killed by a mortar attack in Bteeha, Syria
2012 - Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines killing at least 81 people

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th December


Famous Weddings

1976 - Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)
1979 - Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)
1999 - Philippe, Duke of Brabant and heir apparent to Belgium throne marries the honourable
           Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz
2005 - 2004 Olympic volleyball team member Kerri Walsh (27) weds fellow volleyball player Casey
           Jennings (30) at the La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs, California
2012 - "Teen Mom 2" star Jenelle Evans (21) weds Courtland Rogers (26) at a courthouse in
           Brunswick County, North Carolina

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 4th December


Famous Birthdays

                                   
Historian and Essayist                  Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco (1892)            Supwemodel/Actress
 Thomas Carlyle (1795)                                                                                           Tyra Banks (1973)


1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)
1580 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
1584 - John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)
1646 - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)
1660 - Andre Campra, composer
1667 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer
1670 - John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742)
1708 - Marianus Konigsperger, composer
1711 - Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)
1713 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (d. 1786)
1720 - Jean-Jacques Robson, composer
1777 - Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)
1786 - John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]
1791 - Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer
1795 - Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
1798 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881)
1800 - Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)
1803 - Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
1808 - Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)
1812 - Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died 1894
1818 - William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)
1822 - Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society
1825 - Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer
1835 - Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
1838 - Melesio Morales, composer
1840 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)
1844 - Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
1852 - Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934)
1858 - Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)
1861 - Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)
1865 - Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)
1866 - Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)
1868 - Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter
1868 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)
1874 - Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)
1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies)
1875 - Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
1876 - Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)
1879 - Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer
1881 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)
1883 - Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)
1888 - Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
1889 - Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)
1889 - Isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)
1892 - Francisco Franco, Ferrol, Galicia Spanish General/dictator (1936-75), (d. 1975)
1895 - Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
1895 - Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)
1896 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]
1897 - Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)
1899 - Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer
1899 - Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)
1903 - Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian
1903 - Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro)
1905 - Emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74)
1907 - Jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)
1908 - A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
1909 - Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
1910 - Alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)
1910 - Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties)
1910 - Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)
1912 - Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)
1912 - Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust)
1912 - John W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)
1912 - Pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988)
1914 - Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (d. 1995)
1914 - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
1915 - Allan Jackson, Hot Springs Ark, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)
1915 - Fred Freer, cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946)
1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (d. 1994)
1920 - Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)
1920 - Jeanne Manford, Flushing, Queens, gay rights activist, (d. 2013)
1921 - Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl), (d. 2013)
1922 - Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)
1923 - Charles Keating, district attorney (Los Angeles California)
1924 - John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
1925 - Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)
1926 - Lee Doraey, rocker
1928 - Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)
1928 - Dena Dietrich, American actress
1930 - Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)
1930 - Paul-Heinz Dittrich, composer
1930 - Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou, composer
1930 - Ronnie Corbett, England, comedian (2 Ronnies)
1930 - Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist
1931 - Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 - Wally George, American TV commentator (d. 2003)
1932 - Edgar Valcarcel, composer
1932 - Joanne Battiste, artist (heroines)
1932 - Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea (1988-93)
1933 - Horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe)
1934 - Victor French, Santa Barbara California, actor (Highway to Heaven)
1934 - Wink Martindale, Jackson Tn, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)
1935 - Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)
1935 - Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive
1936 - Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist
1937 - Max Baer Jr, Oakland California, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)
1938 - Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate (1992)
1938 - Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank)
1938 - Lynn Blessing, vibes Player
1938 - Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano
1940 - Freddy Cannon, [Picariello], Lynn Ma, rocker (Palisades Park)
1940 - Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
1941 - Humberto Solas, director/writer (Lucia)
1941 - Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1942 - Bob Mosley, Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape)
1942 - Gemma Jones, English actress
1943 - Patti Chandler, California, actress (Bikini Beach)
1944 - Chris Hillman, San Diego Caliafornia, singer (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
1944 - Dennis Wilson, Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-My Room)
1944 - François Migault, French racing driver
1945 - Michael Gerzon, mathematician
1945 - Pam Higgins, LPGA golfer
1945 - Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut (STS 42)
1947 - Ursula Krechel, writer
1947 - Terry Woods, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span)
1948 - Lin Onus, artist
1948 - Southside Johnny Lyon, NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home)
1949 - Jeff Bridges, Los Angeles California, actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds)
1949 - Mary Bea Porter-King, Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic)
1949 - Russ Karel, director
1949 - Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born Australian actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live)
1950 - Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host
1950 - Karel van de Graf, Dutch TV host
1951 - Gary Rossington, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band)
1951 - Patricia Wettig, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)
1952 - Ronald Michael Sega, Cleve Ohio, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76)
1953 - Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 - Tony Todd, American actor and producer
1955 - Brian Prout, Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1955 - Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer
1955 - Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 - Bernard King, basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets)
1956 - Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976)
1956 - Herbert Groenemeyer, Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)
1957 - Lee Smith, Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1957 - Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
1957 - Eric S. Raymond, American open source advocate
1958 - Bill Roy, Versailles Ill, skeet (Olympics-1996)
1959 - Susan W Krebs, American politician
1959 - Paul McGrath, Irish footballer
1960 - David Green, American baseball player
1960 - Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
1961 - Frank Reich, Freeport, New York, American NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions)
1962 - Arnold Scholten, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1962 - John Gaasbeek, soccer player (FC Twente/NAC)
1962 - Stan Gelbaugh, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
1962 - Kevin Richardson, English footballest
1963 - Johanna Wright, Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th)
1963 - Mike Snoei, soccer player (Sparta)
1963 - Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-88, 92)
1964 - Bill Peterson, Smithfield NC, WLAF general mgr (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964 - Marisa Tomei, Brooklyn New York, American actress (My Cousin Vinny)
1964 - Sertab Erener, Turkish singer
1964 - Jonathan Goldstein, American actor
1965 - Rob Smits, pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)
1965 - Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director
1966 - Fred Armisen, American actor and musician
1966 - Masta Ace, American rapper
1966 - Suzanne Malveaux, American television news reporter
1966 - Chris Shepherd, English film director
1967 - Klaus Wilmsmeyer, NFL punter (NO Saints)
1967 - Martha O'Kelley, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 - Mike Barrowman, Costa Mesa CA, kayak/200m breast stroke (Oly-g-92, 96)
1969 - Ferric Collons, NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)
1969 - Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 - Marie-Josee Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1969 - Mik Middleton, WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
1969 - Terry Glenn, wide reciever (New England Patriots)
1969 - Jay-Z, Brooklyn, New York City, American rapper (Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint)
1970 - Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1970 - Kevin Sussman, American actor
1970 - Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler
1971 - Terrence Wisdom, NFL/WLAF guard/center (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
1971 - Shannon Briggs, American boxer
1972 - Damien Covington, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1972 - Howard Eisley, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1972 - Jassen Cullimore, Simcoe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1972 - Jude St John, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 - Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star (1996 final Hobart)
1972 - Ted Johnson, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1972 - Nikki Tyler, American actress
1973 - Corliss Williamson, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1973 - Tyra Banks, Inglewood, California, model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1973 - Racci Shay, American Musician
1973 - Ferry Corsten, Dutch musician and DJ
1973 - Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 - Kate Rusby, English folk singer
1974 - Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian)
1974 - Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
1976 - John Lee, Chicago Ill, dance skater (& Julia Bikbova)
1976 - Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)
1977 - Emily Ballard, Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)
1977 - Shahid Nazir, cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
1977 - Big Pokey, American rapper
1978 - Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
1978 - Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer
1979 - Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
1982 - Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese racing driver
1983 - Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer
1984 - Brooke Adams, American model
1984 - Lindsay Felton, American actress
1984 - Lauren London, American actress
1985 - Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
1985 - Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
1986 - Martell Webster, American basketball player
1998 - Olawoyin Olufemi, Nigerian Musician

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This Day in History for 4th December


Famous Deaths

                 
Philosopher                                    Political Theorist Hannah Arendt (1975)
Thomas Hobbes (1679)


765 - Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)
811 - Charles The Younger, King the of Franks, son of the Emperor Charlemagne, dies at about 39
1075 - Archbishop Anno II of Cologne
1123 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1137 - Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
1182 - Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies
1214 - William I of Scotland
1270 - Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre
1334 - Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
1340 - Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
1371 - Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
1371 - Stefanus X Uros V, king of Serbia (1355-71), dies
1459 - Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)
1514 - Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)
1576 - Rheticus, mathematician, dies
1585 - John Willock, Scottish reformer
1603 - Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71
1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet
1642 - Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57
1649 - Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
1649 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
1676 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39
1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
1680 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1696 - Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)
1732 - John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
1798 - Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61
1807 - Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston
1828 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1836 - Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79
1884 - Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45
1890 - Willem III, Dutch king, buried
1893 - Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian Major, dies in battle against the Ndebeles during First Matabele War
1902 - Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company - Wall Street Journal) (b. 1851)
1909 - Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
1915 - Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60
1926 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)
1932 - Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64
1933 - Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65
1935 - Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies
1935 - Johan Halvorsen, composer, dies at 71
1938 - Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54
1943 - Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46
1944 - Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)
1945 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
1948 - Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies
1952 - Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67
1953 - Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80
1954 - Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies
1956 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891)
1959 - Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58
1967 - Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
1969 - Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85
1969 - Fred Hampton, US Black-Panther leader, murdered
1971 - Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies
1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67
1974 - Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36
1975 - Hannah Arendt, German/US political theorist and historian, dies at 69
1976 - Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63
1976 - Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
1976 - W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
1977 - Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
1978 - Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76
1979 - Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
1980 - Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69
1983 - Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
1984 - John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
1985 - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83
1986 - Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89
1987 - Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
1988 - Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
1990 - Edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74
1993 - Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68
1993 - Frank V Zappa, US music/composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52
1993 - Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42
1993 - Margaret Landon, US author (Anna & the King of Siam), dies at 90
1994 - Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73
1994 - Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99
1994 - Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian playwright, dies at 66
1994 - Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator, dies at 78
1994 - Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator, dies at 63
1995 - Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham & Diane Zamora, at 16
1995 - Itzhak Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
1996 - Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83
1996 - Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker, dies at 86
1997 - David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72
1997 - Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72
1999 - Rose Bird, American judge (b. 1936)
2003 - Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2004 - Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
2005 - Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
2005 - Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b.1963)
2005 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922)
2006 - James Kim, American television personality (b. 1971)
2007 - Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
2007 - Chip Reese, American professional poker player (b. 1951)
2007 - Pimp C, American Rapper (b. 1973)
2009 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
2011 - Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (b. 1954)
2011 - Hubert Sumlin, American blues guitarist (b. 1931)
2012 - Vasily Belov, Russian author, dies at 80
2012 - Jack Brooks , American politician, dies at 89
2012 - Miguel Calero, Colombia footballer, dies from cerebral thrombosis at 41
2012 - Besse Cooper, American supercentenarian and world

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This Day in History for 5th December


Historical Events

                                   
Explorer of the New World                      US President & General                  Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein
Christopher Columbus                              Andrew Jackson

                                   
33rd US President                             Civil Rights Activist Rosa Lee Parks                Pediatrician Benjamin Spock
Harry Truman

                                   
Musician & member of the Beatles           NFL Running Back and                         Absolute monarch Nicholas II
Paul McCartney                                         Convicted Criminal
                                                                      OJ Simpson


63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations.
663 - Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
771 - Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.
1082 - Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
1301 - Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
1349 - 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
1360 - The French Franc is created.
1408 - Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
1448 - Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
1456 - Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1492 - Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
1496 - Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
1590 - Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV
1602 - Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
1741 - -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
1746 - Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule.
1757 - Battle of Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
1766 - London auctioneers Christie's hold their first sale
1775 - At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge,
           Massachusetts.
1776 - 1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
1792 - George Washington re-elected as US president
1798 - Dutch troops occupy Hasselt
1804 - Thomas Jefferson re-elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
1813 - Lübeck surrenders to allied armies
1815 - Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
1830 - Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique Fantastique" premieres in Paris
1831 - Former US President John Q Adams takes his seat as a member of House of Representatives
1832 - Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US
1835 - - 10th: Assault on Mexican-held San Antonio by Texan rebels
1837 - Hector Berlioz' "Requiem" premieres
1837 - Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
1846 - C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
1847 - Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
1848 - Pres Polk triggers Gold Rush of 1849, confirms California gold discovery
1854 - Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
1859 - Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon" premieres in NYC
1862 - Battle of Coffeeville, MS
1865 - Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1868 - 1st American bicycle college opens (NY)
1876 - Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
1876 - Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
1879 - 1st automatic telephone switching system patented
1881 - 47th Congress (1881-83) convenes
1887 - Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
1890 - Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens" premieres in Karlsruhe
1892 - Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
1892 - Sir John Thompson becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Canada.
1893 - 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1894 - Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange" premieres in Paris
1896 - Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer" premieres in Leipzig
1905 - Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK PM
1906 - British government of Balfour resigns
1908 - 1st US football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
1914 - 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
1914 - The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
1918 - Oil refinery on Curacao opens
1920 - Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
1920 - Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
1924 - Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
1925 - 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
1925 - German government of Luther falls
1926 - Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" debuts
1928 - England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
1928 - MW Miklas elected president of Austria
1929 - 1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC)
1931 - CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America
1933 - 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST)
1935 - 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello California)
1935 - National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
1936 - 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
1936 - Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes
           constituent republics of Soviet Union
1941 - Football Writers Association of America organized
1941 - Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street" premieres in NYC
1941 - Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941 - Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
1941 - US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1942 - CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto
1942 - Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to work
1942 - West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
1943 - NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves
1944 - German troops steal all the silver coin in Utrecht
1945 - "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)
1945 - Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
1946 - Pres Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808
1947 - Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1948 - NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1949 - Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
1951 - "Dragnet" premieres
1952 - -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die
1954 - KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 - AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president
1955 - Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and
           form the AFL-CIO.
1956 - Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker" premieres in NYC
1957 - William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" premieres in NYC
1957 - NYC is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair
           Housing Practices Law)
1957 - Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia.
1958 - Phils drop plans for NY sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Phila
1958 - WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she
           speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1958 - The Preston bypass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It
           is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
1959 - Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
1960 - Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
1964 - Vietnam War: for his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded
           the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1966 - "I Do! I Do!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 561 performances
1967 - Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens
1967 - Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting against Vietnam war
1968 - Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 - LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
1970 - Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame
1970 - Premiere of Dario Fo's Morte accidentale di un anarchico.
1971 - KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1972 - 38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL)
1972 - Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
1972 - Joseph A Walker's "River Niger" premieres in NYC
1973 - Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
1973 - Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
1973 - Paul McCartney releases album "Band on the Run" album
1974 - 1st Wash Cap penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres
1974 - 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
1974 - Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
1974 - Monty Python's Flying Circus final episode airs on BBC
1974 - NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
1974 - Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
1974 - Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
1974 - Birmingham Americans defeat the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFL's World Bowl
1975 - "Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
1975 - NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
1976 - Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards
1977 - Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen
1978 - EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System
1978 - Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
1978 - Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
1978 - Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
1978 - Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in NYC
1978 - Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th
           penalty shot against Islanders
1979 - Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
1980 - Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens
1981 - 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB)
1981 - 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1982 - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
1982 - Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
1982 - Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judo's world championship
1982 - Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
1982 - Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 - 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
1983 - LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
1983 - ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and
           legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
1984 - A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo
1984 - French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
1984 - Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
1985 - Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
1985 - Great Britain performs nuclear test
1985 - Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind" premieres in NYC
1987 - 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
1987 - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
1987 - Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
1988 - NC federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
1988 - Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1989 - France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1990 - Blue Jays trade F McGriff & T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar & J Carter
1990 - Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty
1990 - Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st
           time in 2 years
1991 - "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 perfs
1991 - Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
1991 - NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
1993 - "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
1993 - 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
1993 - Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1993 - Melissa Mcnamara/Mike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1993 - Rafael Caldera elected president of Venezuela
1993 - The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
1995 - The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
1996 - "Dreams & Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1996 - Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
1996 - Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
1997 - 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
1997 - STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
2005 - The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic
           Republic of the Congo.
2005 - The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil
           artnership is registered there.
2006 - Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
2007 - Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha,
           Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
2008 - Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American
           scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II.
2008 - OJ Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery
2012 - 8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th December


Famous Weddings

1932 - "East of Eden" director Elia Kazan (23) weds playwright Molly Day Thatcher (25)
1943 - Singer and actress Dinah Shore (27) weds actor George Montgomery (27)
1947 - "Spiderman" creator Stan Lee (24) weds Joan Clayton Boocock
1993 - Newhart actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39)
2003 - Cold play band lead vocalist Chris Martin (35) weds actress singer Gwyneth Paltrow (39) at
           the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California
2011 - American game show host and executive producer Jeff Probst (50) weds actress/model Lisa
           Ann Russell (40) at a private house in Los Angeles

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th December


Famous Birthdays

                                   
The Warrior Pope Julius II (1443)                US Cavalry Commander                       Animator Walt Disney (1901)
                                                               George Armstrong Custer (1839)


Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Cecil Frank Powell (1903)


1377 - Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
1443 - Pope Julius II, Albisola, Republic of Genoa, Pope (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante,
           Raphael, (d. 1513)
1495 - Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)
1537 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
1539 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)
1545 - Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet
1547 - Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian
1661 - Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
1666 - Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer
1687 - Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer
1697 - Carlo Arrigoni, composer
1697 - Giuseppe de Majo, composer
1724 - Joseph Friebert, composer
1782 - Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook NY, (D) 8th pres (1837-41)
1786 - Henry Drummond, English banker/apostole
1803 - Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873)
1820 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (d. 1892)
1822 - Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American college president (d. 1907)
1824 - Titian James Coffey, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1867
1826 - John Benjamin Sanborn, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1904
1829 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (d. 1908)
1830 - Christina Rossetti, London, poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away)
1839 - George Armstrong Custer, New Rumley, Ohio, Mjr General (Union volunteers), (d. 1876)
1841 - Marcus Daly, American mining tycoon (d. 1900)
1844 - John Frederick Bridge, composer
1852 - Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer
1855 - Clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist (d. 1942)
1859 - John Jellicoe, British admiral (d. 1935)
1861 - Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24)
1863 - Paul P Painlevé, French PM (1917, 1925), mathematician [OS]
1867 - Józef Piłsudski, Polish revolutionary and statesman (d. 1935)
1867 - Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d. February 2, 1925)
1868 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951)
1869 - Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937)
1870 - Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949)
1871 - Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (d. 1932)
1872 - Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player
1875 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933)
1878 - Arrigo Pedrollo, composer
1879 - Clyde Cessna, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1954)
1880 - Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor
1884 - Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist
1885 - Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School)
1886 - Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
1888 - Askell Snorrason, composer
1890 - Fritz Lang, Germany, director (M, Metropolis)
1890 - David Bomberg, English painter (d. 1957)
1892 - Cyril Ring, MA, actor (Body & Soul)
1892 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (d. 1973)
1895 - Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
1895 - Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician (d. 1969)
1896 - (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author
1896 - Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
1897 - Nunnally Johnson, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1977)
1898 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)
1898 - Grace Moore, Slabtown, Tennessee, American soprano (One Night of Love)
1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player
1901 - Hanns Jelinek, composer
1901 - Walter Elias Disney, Chicago, animator (Mickey Mouse), (d. 1966)
1901 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist/discovered uncertainty (Nobel 32)
1901 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (d. 1980)
1902 - [Steve James] Strom Thurmond, (Sen-D/R-SC)
1903 - Cecil Frank Powell, Tonbridge, Kent, physicist, discovered pion (Nobel 1950), (d.1969)
1905 - Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer (Laura, Exodus)
1905 - Gus Mancuso, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1907 - Lin Piau, Chinese politician
1907 - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
1910 - Abraham L Polonsky, US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here)
1911 - Alfred Manessier, French painter (leaded windows)
1911 - Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist (d. 2000)
1912 - Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist
1914 - Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (d. 1989)
1915 - Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer
1915 - Margaret Hayes, Balt Md, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents)
1917 - Simone Gallimard, publisher
1917 - Ken Downing, English racing driver (d. 2004)
1919 - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman
1921 - Alvy Moore, actor (Mr Kimball-Green Acres)
1921 - George Henderson, priest/politician
1921 - Peter Hansen, Oakland California, actor (Mr Parkson-Mr Novak, Gen Hospital)
1923 - Tendrjakow, writer
1925 - Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1967..79)
1926 - George Savalas, Bronx NY, actor (Kojak)
1927 - Rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Mass, king of Thailand (1946- )
1932 - Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], Macon, Georgia, American singer-songwriter (Tutti Frutti)
1933 - Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator
1934 - Joan Didion, US novelist/journalist (Salvador)
1935 - Calvin Trillin, author (New Yorker)
1935 - Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter
1936 - James Lee Burke, American writer
1938 - John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight), (d. 2013)
1939 - Frederik van Rossum, composer
1939 - Horst Bastian, writer
1940 - Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
1940 - Peter Pohl, Swedish writer
1940 - Adrian Street, Welsh professional wrestler
1941 - David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1942 - Randy Kirby, Chicago Ill, actor (Randy-Girl From UNCLE)
1943 - Eva Joly, Norwegian-born French magistrate
1944 - Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor
1945 - J W "Corkey" Fornof, New Orleans, stunt coordinator (Octopussy)
1945 - Jocelyn, Italian entertainer
1946 - Andy Kim, [Andrew Joachim], rocker
1946 - Jose Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors)
1947 - Jim Messina, rocker (Loggins & Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance)
1947 - Jim Plunkett, San Jose, CA, NFL quarterback (New England, Oakland)
1947 - Jugderdemidjin Gurragcha, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39)
1947 - Bruce Golding, Jamaican politician
1947 - Tony Gregory, Irish politician
1947 - Jim Plunkett, American football player
1949 - Bruce E Melnick, NYC, Cmdr USCG/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49)
1949 - Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1972 Sahara)
1949 - Lewis Arlt, Kingston NY, actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World)
1949 - Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist
1950 - Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992)
1950 - Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine-born composer
1951 - Morgan Brittany, [Suzanne Cupito], LA Cal, actress (Katherine-Dallas)
1951 - Thomas Warren Purtzer, Des Moines IA, PGA golfer (1977 Glen Campbell)
1951 - Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian artist
1952 - Bobby Barth, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Axe)
1953 - Jonathan Lewis, trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1953 - Larry Zbyszko, [Living Legend, Whistler], wrestler (WCW/AWA/NWA/WWF)
1954 - Kathryn Young, LPGA golfer
1956 - Klaus Allofs, German footballer
1956 - Brian Backer, American actor
1956 - Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist
1957 - Art Monk, NFL wide receiver (Wash Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles)
1957 - Charlene Morett, Darby Pa, field hockey left wing (Oly-bronze-1984)
1957 - Phil Collen, English heavy-metal guitarist (Def Leppard-Love Bites)
1958 - Dean Erickson, American actor
1959 - Nikki Gianulias, Vallejo California, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1979)
1959 - Shirley Furlong, San Antonio TX, LPGA golfer (1988 Lady Keystone Open)
1960 - Andrzej Chylinski, NYC, 50k walker (Olympics-26th-96)
1960 - Darryl James, Kamloops BC, Canadian Tour golfer (Glenco-1992, 93)
1960 - Jack Russell, rocker (Great White-Twice Shy)
1960 - John Felton, Kyogle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1960 - Les Nemes, rock bassist (Haircut 100)
1962 - Connie Needham Newton, Anaheim California, actress (Elizabeth-8 is Enough)
1962 - José Cura, Argentine tenor
1963 - Bob Friend, Pittsburgh PA, Nike golfer (1991 Fort Wayne Open)
1963 - Carrie Hamilton, Carol Burnett's daughter/actress (Fame)
1963 - Doctor Dre, American radio personality
1963 - Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards, English ski jumper
1964 - Pablo Morales, Chic, butterfly swimmer (Oly-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 92)
1965 - Johnny Rzeznik, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Goo Goo Dolls)
1965 - Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician
1966 - Bruce Deacon, Ottawa Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 - Joseph Barbara, New Symrna Fla, actor (Joe Carlino-Another World)
1966 - Linda Hunt, LPGA golfer
1966 - Niege Dias, Brazil, tennis star
1966 - Patricia Kaas, French pop singer (Mademoiselle Chant)
1967 - Ann Schirman, San Diego, WPVA volleyballer (National-17th-1994)
1967 - René Shuman, [Shumans], rockabilly-bandleader/singer
1967 - Gary Allan, American country musician
1967 - Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, titular Bulgarian royal family
1968 - Lisa Marie [Sliwa], New Brunswick NJ, actress (Mars Attack)
1968 - Margaret Cho, actress/comedienne (Face/Off)
1968 - Rhett Hall, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 - Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman (1993- )
1969 - Morgan J. Freeman, American film director
1969 - Lewis Gordon Pugh, English swimmer, polar explorer and motivational speaker
1970 - Heather Crickard, Miss Oklahoma USA (1996)
1970 - Kevin Haller, Trochu, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1970 - Susan Sloane, Lexington KY, tennis star
1970 - Thomas Smith, NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills)
1971 - Bryan Schwartz, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 - Joe Fleming, CFL defensive end (BC Lions)
1971 - Marrio Grier, fullback (New England Patriots)
1971 - Kali Rocha, American actress
1972 - Cliff Floyd, Chicago IL, outfielder/1st base (Montreal Expos)
1972 - Kevin Sally, Richmond Hill Ontario, archer (Olympics-96)
1972 - Randolph Ross, Shelby NC, 110m hurdler
1972 - Roderick Mullen, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Stanislav Jasecko, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1972 - Mike Mahoney, American baseball player
1972 - Angela Shelton, American actress & writer
1973 - Corissa Yasen, WNBA forward/guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
1973 - Shalom Harlow, Toronto Canada, model (House of Style, Harper's Bazaar)
1973 - Luboš Motl, Czech physicist
1974 - Charlie Batch, National Football League quarterback
1975 - Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player
1975 - Paula Patton, American actress
1976 - Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby union footballer
1976 - Amy Acker, American actress
1977 - Michelle Marie Jefferson, Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1996)
1978 - Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
1978 - Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1979 - Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
1979 - Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
1979 - Evonne Hsu, Taiwanese singer
1979 - Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
1979 - Nick Stahl, American actor
1980 - Shizuka Ito, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
1980 - Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-born French trumpeter
1981 - Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress
1982 - Eddy Curry, American basketball player
1982 - Trai Essex, American football player
1984 - Chris Solinsky, American distance runner
1985 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
1985 - Nico Verdonck, Belgian racing driver
1985 - Josh Smith, American basketball player
1988 - Ross Bagley, Los Angeles, California, American actor (Nicky-Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air)
1992 - Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
1994 - Emily Marie Estefan, daughter of Gloria & Emilio

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 5th December


Famous Deaths

                                   
Historical Novelist                                    Impressionist Painter                    Physiologist Joseph Erlanger (1965)
Alexandre Dumas (1870)                                 Claude Monet (1926) 


63 BC - Publius Cornelius Lentulus (Sura), Roman statesman
749 - Saint John of Damascus, theologian
1212 - Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
1244 - Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
1355 - Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
1560 - Francis II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
1570 - Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)
1594 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82
1624 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560)
1654 - Jean François Sarrazin, French writer
1663 - Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80
1675 - John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
1745 - Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52
1749 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685)
1758 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70
1770 - James Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78
1784 - Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston
1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35
1799 - Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61
1818 - Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60
1819 - Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750)
1835 - August v Platen, writer, dies at 39
1842 - MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82
1853 - Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80
1859 - Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82
1870 - Alexandre Dumas, French writer, dies at 68
1886 - Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
1887 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804)
1891 - JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies
1895 - Chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840)
1902 - Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78
1916 - Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73
1922 - Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies
1925 - Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78
1926 - Claude Monet, French impressionist, dies at 86
1928 - Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
1931 - Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
1935 - Frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
1938 - Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54
1940 - Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60
1940 - Mordechai Frizis, Jewish Greek military officer (b. 1893)
1942 - Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1950 - Shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872)
1951 - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies
1951 - Abanindranath Tagore, Indian writer (b. 1871)
1953 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)
1955 - Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
1958 - Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67
1959 - K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies
1963 - Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies
1963 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer, dies at 58
1963 - Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
1964 - Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70
1965 - Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate for shock therapy (b. 1874)
1966 - Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57
1968 - Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54
1971 - Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies
1972 - Kenny Dorham [McKinley], American jazz trumpeter, dies at 48
1974 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87
1974 - Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at 72
1974 - Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at 60
1975 - Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies
1977 - Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895)
1979 - Sonia Delaunay, Russian born French artist, dies aged 94
1980 - Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies
1983 - Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65
1984 - Adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)
1986 - Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer
1986 - Sir Edward Youde, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
1987 - "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38
1989 - John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68
1990 - Steven Shaw, dies at 25
1991 - Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
1991 - Jill Browne, dies at 54
1991 - Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday
1991 - Robert Karvelas, American actor (b. 1921)
1992 - Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54
1992 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
1993 - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
1993 - Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86
1993 - Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32
1994 - Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84
1994 - Richard Brian Waring Barton-Chapple, writer, dies at 69
1994 - Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at 78
1995 - Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77
1995 - Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79
1995 - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday
1995 - Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (b. 1920)
1995 - Lisa McPherson, former Scientologist (b. 1959)
1996 - Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60
1996 - Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91
1997 - Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67
1997 - Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer, dies at 93
1998 - Al Gore, Sr., American politician (b. 1907)
2001 - Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist (b. 1901)
2002 - Roone Arledge, American sports broadcasting pioneer (b. 1931)
2002 - Ne Win, Burmese leader (b. 1911)
2005 - Ed Masry, American lawyer (b. 1932)
2005 - Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949)
2005 - Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
2006 - David Bronstein, Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster (b. 1924)
2007 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928)
2007 - Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921)
2008 - Patriarch Alexy II of Russia, head of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1929)
2008 - Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician and president of the Association of Romanian
           Former Political Prisoners. (b. 1928)
2008 - Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924)
2008 - Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer and composer (b. 1957)
2009 - Vimolchatra, Princess of Thailand and cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (b. 1921)
2010 - Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1938)
2010 - Alan Armer, American television producer and director (b. 1922)
2011 - Peter Gethin, British racing driver (b. 1940)
2011 - Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer (b. 1942)
2012 - Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist, dies from heart failure at 91
2012 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, dies from a respiratory infection at 104

[MysteRy]

This Day in History for 6th December


Historical Events

                                   
Naturalist Charles Darwin                       Abolitionist Harriet Tubman            26th US President Theodore Roosevelt

                                   
Novelist & Poet James Joyce                    Anti-apartheid activist and                  38th US President Gerald Ford
                                                                   South African President
                                                                         Nelson Mandela


King of Pop Michael Jackson


963 - Leo VIII elected Pope
1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary
1160 - Jean Bodels "Jeu de St Nicholas" premieres in Arras
1196 - Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolas Flood"
1240 - Mongols under Batu Khan occupy & destroy Kiev
1424 - Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
1527 - Pope Clemens VII fleas to Orvieto
1534 - Quito, Ecuador, founded by Spanish
1631 - 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
1641 - Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands
1648 - Pride's Purge: Thomas Pride prevents 96 presbyterians from sitting in English parliament
1723 - Emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctie declares Constitution
1732 - 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, NYC
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland
1756 - British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India
1768 - 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
1787 - Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor
1790 - The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1820 - US president James Monroe re-elected
1822 - Veterinary school in Utrecht opens
1825 - Pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
1833 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata
1841 - Robert Schumann's 4th Symphony in D premieres
1843 - Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
1845 - Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at Yale College.
1846 - Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris)
1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland for the 2nd and final time
1862 - Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians
1864 - Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC
1865 - 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery
1866 - Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
1870 - Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)
1873 - 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1
1875 - 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes
1876 - 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn
1876 - City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time
1876 - US Electorial College picks Rep Hayes as pres (although Tilden won)
1877 - 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
1877 - Washington Post publishes 1st edition
1882 - Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit
1884 - Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC
1896 - D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura
1897 - London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.
1903 - Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders
1904 - Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)
1907 - Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361
1912 - China votes for universal human rights
1913 - White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo
1914 - German troops over run Lodz
1916 - German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest
1916 - World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
1917 - Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)
1917 - French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700
1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
1922 - 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
1922 - 1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY
1923 - 1st US Presidential address broadcast on radio by President Calvin Coolidge
1925 - Italy, Britain & Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
1925 - Record 73,000 pay to watch Chic Bears beat NY Giants 19-7
1929 - Turkey introduces female suffrage
1930 - 18th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeat Regina Roughriders, 11-6
1933 - Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in US lifted
1938 - 117 Spanish knights under capt Piet Laros return to Netherlands
1938 - French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)
1939 - 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB)
1939 - Cole Porter's musical "Du Barry was a Lady" premieres in NYC
1940 - Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
1940 - Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia
1941 - Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1941 - NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
1942 - Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth
1942 - RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die)
1944 - US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall
1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
1950 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
1952 - Czech government tells Israeli ambassador, he's persona non grata
1953 - Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14
1954 - Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt
1955 - NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing
1956 - "Happy Hunting" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances
1956 - Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa
1957 - 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
1957 - AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987)
1957 - Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
1958 - US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back
1960 - AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels
1961 - 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB)
1962 - US abandons Skybolt balistic missile program
1963 - Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans
1963 - Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba
1964 - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
1964 - KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 - President Segni of Italy resigns
1965 - 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125
1965 - Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a
           compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
1966 - Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1968 - Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years
1968 - PBA National Championship won by Wayne Zahn
1968 - WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
1969 - "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 7 performances
1969 - 300,000 attend Altamont California, rock concert feature Rolling Stones
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test
1970 - Cleveland Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
1971 - Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice
1973 - Bahrain's constitution goes into effect
1973 - Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew
1973 - NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington DC (doesn't happen)
1974 - George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"
1975 - 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1975 - Balcombe Street Siege: An IRA Active Service Unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street,
           London.
1976 - War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich
1977 - South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
1978 - Spain adopts constitution
1980 - Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn
1980 - NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 502
1981 - Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18
1982 - Sen Ted & Joan Kennedy divorce
1982 - 11 soldiers & 6 civilians die by bomb planted by Irish National Liberation Army exploded in a
           pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland
1983 - A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
1984 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill 2nd hostage
1986 - 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Fla (QB)
1986 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 - 3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"
1987 - Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec)
1987 - Jane Crafter/Steve Jones wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1988 - Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
1988 - Carlos Andres Perez re-elected president of Venezuela
1988 - Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets v WI at the WACA but Australia lose
1988 - Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest)
1988 - Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
1988 - STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission
1988 - Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Balt
           Orioles
1989 - Mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogota, kills 52
1989 - Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at U Montreal
1990 - NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning
1990 - Saddam anounces release of all foriegn hostages
1990 - Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100
1991 - "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
1991 - "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
1992 - 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
1992 - 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1)
1992 - Dottie Mochrie/Dan Forsmann wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1992 - SF 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown
1992 - SF Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds
1993 - Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29
1994 - Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590
1994 - Orange County California files for bankruptcy
1994 - Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995
1995 - 6th Billboard Music Awards
1995 - Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special
1996 - Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match
1998 - JC Penney Golf Classic
1998 - Hugo Chávez Frías, Venezuelan military and politician, is elected President of Venezuela.
2001 - The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
2005 - Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
2006 - NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid
           water on Mars.
2012 - 7 people are killed and 770 injured during Egyptian protests
2012 - Typhoon Bopha’s death toll rise to 418 with 318 missing and 179,000 displaced
2012 - A 243 million year old Nyasasaurus fossil is discovered in Tanzania

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This Day in History for 6th December


Famous Weddings

1491 - King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne
1930 - Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia
1941 - King Leopold of Belgium marries Lilian Baels
1975 - US Senator Bob Dole (52) weds former senator Elizabeth Hanford (39)
1997 - ABC's World News Tonight news anchor Peter Jennings (59) weds Kayce Freed in
           Bridgehampton, New York
2003 - "The Bachelorette" star Trista Rehn (31) weds Ryan Sutter (29) at The Lodge in Rancho
           Mirage, California
2008 - "Lonestar" bass guitarist John Rich (34) weds former model Joan Bush in Nashville

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This Day in History for 6th December


Famous Divorces

1982 - US Senator Ted & Joan Kennedy divorce