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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 President (1837-41)
1786 Henry Drummond English banker/apostole
1824 Titian James Coffey Attorney General (Union), died in 1867
1826 John Benjamin Sanborn Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
1830 Christina Rossetti London, poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away)
1839 George Armstrong Custer Major General (Union volunteers, of Little Big Horn fame), died in 1876
1844 John Frederick Bridge composer
1852 Thomas Linnemann Laub composer
1861 Armando V Diaz Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24)
1863 Paul P Painlevé French PM (1917, 1925), mathematician
1867 Antti Aarne Finnish sociologist (Verzeichnis is der Märchentypen)
1870 Viteslav Augustin Rudolf Novák Slovak composer (Quasi una ballata)
1872 Harry N Pillsbury US chess player
1878 Arrigo Pedrollo composer
1880 Alexander Schmuller Russian/Netherlands 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)
1892 Cyril Ring Massachusetts, actor (Body & Soul)
1895 Henriëtte H Bosmans Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
1896 [Lady Huxley] Juliette Baillot author
1896 Willem F M Lampe Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
1899 Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player
19-- Johnny Douglas rocker/record producer/arranger (Kik Tracee, Shirley Bassey, All Saints)
1901 Walter Elias Disney Chicago IL, animator (Mickey Mouse)
1901 Grace Moore US, soprano (One Night to Live)
1901 Hanns Jelinek composer
1901 Werner Heisenberg German physicist/discovered uncertainty (Nobel 1932)
1902 [Steve James] Strom Thurmond (Senator-D/R-SC)
1903 Cecil Frank Powell England, physicist, discovered pion (Nobel 1950)
1905 Otto Preminger Austria, director/producer (Laura, Exodus)
1907 Lin Piau Chinese politician
1910 Abraham L Polonsky US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here)
1911 Alfred Manessier French painter (leaded windows)
1912 Maisie Fitter editor/conservationist
1915 Margaret Hayes Baltimore MD, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents)
1915 Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields drummer
1917 Simone Gallimard publisher
1919 Victor Collin Matthews businessman
1921 Peter Hansen Oakland CA, actor (Mr Parkson-Mr Novak, General Hospital)
1921 Alvy Moore actor (Mr Kimball-Green Acres)
1921 George Henderson priest/politician
1923 Tendrjakow writer
1925 Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle President of Nicaragua (1967..79)
1926 George Savalas Bronx NY, actor/brother of Telly (Kojak)
1927 Rama IX [Bhumibol Adulyadej] Massachusetts, king of Thailand (1946- )
1932 Little Richard [Wayne Penniman] Macon GA, rocker (Tutti Frutti, Lucille)
1933 Bernard van Beurden Dutch composer/music educator
1934 Joan Didion US novelist/journalist (Salvador)
1935 Calvin Trillin author (New Yorker)
1938 [John] J J Cale Oklahoma City OK, rock guitarist (After Midnight)
1939 Frederik van Rossum composer
1939 Horst Bastian writer
1941 David Wilson English contractor/multi-millionaire
1942 Randy Kirby Chicago IL, actor (Randy-Girl From UNCLE)
1944 Jeroen Krabbé Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Fugitive)
1945 J W "Corkey" Fornof New Orleans, stunt coordinator (Octopussy)
1945 Jocelyn Italian entertainer
1946 Andy Kim [Andrew Joachim] rocker
1946 José 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 Jugderdemidiin Gurragcha 1st Mongolian space traveler (Soyuz 39)
1949 Bruce E Melnick New York NY, Commander USCG/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49)
1949 Pamela Blair actress (Loving)
1949 Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1972 Sahara)
1949 Lewis Arlt Kingston NY, actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World)
1951 Morgan Brittany [Suzanne Cupito] Hollywood CA, actress (Katherine-Dallas)
1951 Thomas Warren Purtzer Des Moines IA, PGA golfer (1977 Glen Campbell)
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
1957 Art Monk NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles)
1957 Charlene Morett Darby PA, field hockey left wing (Olympics-bronze-1984)
1959 Nikki Gianulias Vallejo CA, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1979)
1959 Shirley Furlong San Antonio TX, LPGA golfer (1988 Lady Keystone Open)
1960 Jack Russell rocker (Great White-Twice Shy)
1960 Andrzej Chylinski New York NY, 50k walker (Olympics-26th-96)
1960 Darryl James Kamloops British Columbia, Canadian Tour golfer (Glenco-1992, 93)
1960 John Felton Kyogle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1960 Les Nemes rock bassist (Haircut 100)
1962 Connie Needham Newton Anaheim CA, actress (Elizabeth-8 is Enough)
1963 Carrie Hamilton actress, Carol Burnett's daughter (Fame)
1963 Bob Friend Pittsburgh PA, Nike golfer (1991 Fort Wayne Open)
1964 Pablo Morales Chicago IL, butterfly swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 92)
1966 Bruce Deacon Ottawa Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 Joseph Barbara New Symrna FL, 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 CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-17th-1994)
1967 René Shuman [Shumans] rockabilly-bandleader/singer
1968 Lisa Marie [Sliwa] New Brunswick NJ, actress (Mars Attacks)
1968 Margaret Cho actress/comedienne (Face/Off)
1968 Rhett Hall NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 Mark Dekker Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman (1993- )
1970 Heather Crickard Miss Oklahoma USA (1996)
1970 Kevin Haller Trochu, NHL defenseman (Philadelphia 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 (British Columbia Lions)
1971 Marrio Grier fullback (New England Patriots)
1972 Cliff Floyd Chicago IL, outfielder/1st base (Montréal Expos)
1972 Kevin Sally Richmond Hill Ontario, archer (Olympics-96)
1972 Randolph Ross Shelby NC, 110 meter hurdler
1972 Roderick Mullen NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Stanislav Jasecko hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1973 Corissa Yasen WNBA forward/guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
1973 Shalom Harlow Toronto Ontario, model (House of Style, Harper's Bazaar)
1977 Michelle Marie Jefferson Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1996)
1989 Ross Bagley actor (Nicky-Fresh Prince Of Bel Air)
1994 Emily Marie Estefan daughter of Gloria & Emilio


Deaths which occurred on December 05:

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 François II King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
1594 Gerardus Mercator Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82
1663 Severo Bonini composer, dies at 80
1675 John Lightfoot English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
1745 Christoph Forster composer, dies at 52
1758 Johann Friedrich Fasch composer, dies at 70
1770 James Stirling Scottish 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 Secretary of High Council Adel, dies at 60
1835 August von 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 writer (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 68
1886 Peter Hofstede de Groot Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
1891 Pedro II of Alcantara emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies
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
1928 Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
1935 Frans [MJ François] 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
1942 Buck Jones Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1951 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson of baseball's black sox scandal, dies
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 (Governor-D-NY), dies
1963 Karl Amadeus Hartmann composer, dies at 58
1964 Remy Angenot Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70
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
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
1980 Don Taylor cricketer (3 Tests for New Zealand 1947-56, 159 runs), dies
1983 Robert Aldrich director/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65
1986 Carmol Taylor country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer
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 Richard Speck mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday
1991 Aad Mansfield soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
1991 Jill Browne dies at 54
1992 Hilary Tindall actress (Dominique-Max Headroom), 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 Czechoslovakian/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
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

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1965    DIBBLE           MORRIS F.         CORNING               NY     KIA IN GROUND COMBAT REMAINS NOT LOCATED  
1965 EISENBERGER GEORGE J. PAWHUSKA OK KIA IN GROUND COMBAT REMAINS NOT LOCATED
1965 HYDE JIMMY DON CADDO OK
1965 UPNER EDWARD C. ANNISTON AL KIA IN GROUND COMBAT REMAINS NOT LOCATED
1966 BEGLEY BURRISS NELSON HYDEN KY DISPUTED REMAINS IDENTIFIED 01 DEC 93
1966 WARREN ARTHUR LEONARD TOLEDO OH RADIO CONTACT UNINJURED REMAINS RETURNED 09/17/86
1967 RUSSELL DONALD MYRICK WESTBROOK ME REMAINS RETURNED 1994 ID'D 06/25/96
1968 BERRY JOHN A. NATURITA CO
1968 EVANS BILLY K. JR. ROANOKE VA
1969 CLARK JOHN C. II BROWNFIELD TX REMAINS RETURNED 11/03/97
1969 DANIELSON BENJAMIN F. KENYON MN
1969 HARROLD PATRICK K. FORT LEAVENWORTH KS REMAINS RETURNED 1997 DNA ID ANNOUNCED 10/12/97

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On this day...

1301 Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
1349 500 Jews are massacred at Nüremberg in Black death riots
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 Niccolò Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV
1602 Giulio Caccini's "Euridice" premieres in Florence
1757 Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
1766 London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
1776 Phi Beta Kappa, 1st American scholastic fraternity (William & Mary College), is founded
1792 George Washington re-elected US President, John Adams Vice-President
1798 Government troops occupy Hasselt
1804 Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President,George Clinton Vice-President
1813 Lübeck surrenders to allied armies
1830 Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique fantastique" premieres in Paris
1831 Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives
1832 Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US, Martin Van Buren Vice-President
1837 Hector Berlioz' "Requiem" premieres
1837 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
1846 C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
1848 President Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms California gold discovery
1854 Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
1859 Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon" premieres in New York NY
1861 Gatling gun patented
1862 Battle of Coffeeville MS
1868 1st American bicycle college opens (New York)
1876 Daniel Stillson (Massachusetts) 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
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-Bannerman (Liberal) becomes PM of England
1906 British government-Balfour resigns
1908 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
1914 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2
1918 Oil refinery on Curaçao opens
1920 Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
1924 Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Toronto Maple Leafs 10-5
1925 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Winnipeg 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, New York NY)
1931 CFL Grey Cup: Montréal AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montréal
1932 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa
1933 21st Amendment ratified, only amendment adopted to repeal an earlier amendment [18th Amendment (Prohibition)] (5:32 PM EST)
1935 1st commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello CA)
1935 National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (New York NY)
1936 Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakhstan SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of the Soviet Union
1936 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
1941 Football Writers Association of America organized
1941 Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
1941 Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street" premieres in New York NY
1941 Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1942 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg RCAF, 8-5 at Toronto
1942 Seyss-Inquart orders students in Nazi-Germany to go work
1942 West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherlands
1943 NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pittsburgh Steeler merger dissolves
1944 German troops rob 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 President Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order #9808
1947 Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1948 New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1951 "Dragnet" premieres
1952 London smog of 1952 - worst smog in London ever, 4,000+ 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 AL by Rosa Parks
1956 Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker" premieres in New York NY
1957 NYC becomes 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
1957 William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" premieres in New York NY
1958 Phils drop plans for New York sportcast as Yankees threat to do same in Philadelphia
1958 WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
1960 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
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 Vietnam war
1968 Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame
1970 Los Angeles Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
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 Walkers "River Niger" premieres in New York NY
1973 Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
1973 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album
1973 Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
1974 1st Washington Capitals 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 Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
1974 Seattle Seahawks formed
1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" final episode airs on BBC
1974 NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
1974 Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
1975 NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
1975 "Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
1976 Buffalo Bill's OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards
1977 Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & South Yemen
1978 Islanders take 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins; Penguins' Ross Lonsberry fails on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
1978 European Union establishes EMS, European Monetary System
1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
1978 Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in New York NY
1979 Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
1980 Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens
1981 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern California (RB)
1981 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
1981 France performs nuclear test
1982 Seattle University Baptist Church declares sanctuary for Central American refugees
1982 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
1982 Ingrid Berghmans (Netherlands) retains judo's world championship
1982 Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
1982 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
1983 Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
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 rises above the 1,500 level for 1st time
1985 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1985 Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind" premieres in New York NY
1987 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
1987 David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 vs New Zealand at Brisbane
1987 Schönbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4 16.76)
1988 Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1988 North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
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
1990 Toronto Blue Jays trade Fred McGriff & Tony Fernandez to San Diego Padres for Roberto Alomar & Joe Carter
1991 Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
1991 New York Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
1991 "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances
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 win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1993 Newhart actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39)
1993 Rafael Caldera elected President of Venezuela
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 Washington Capitals' MCI Center vs Florida Panthers
1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands





Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Beirut Lebanon : Arbor Day
Haiti : Discovery Day (1492)
Netherlands : St Nicholas' Eve
Thailand : King's Birthday
USSR : Constitution Day (1936)

Religious Observances

Anglican : Commemoration of Clement of Alexandria, priest
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Sabbas, abbot

Religious History

1484 Innocent VIII issued his famous "Witch Bull," ordering an inquisition to systematically discover, torture and execute witches throughout Europe. It led to the ease with which witchcraft was charged and punished, even in the American colonies two centuries later.
1848 Death of Joseph Mohr, 56, Austrian Roman Catholic vicar and author in 1818 of the enduring Christmas hymn, "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").
1943 German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: 'It is only when one loves life and the earth so much that without them everything seems to be over that one may believe in the resurrection and a new world.'
1951 American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'How sadly and how slowly I am learning that loud preaching and long preaching are not substitutes for inspired preaching.'
1988 Televangelist Jim Bakker was charged by a federal grand jury with mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the public through the sale of thousands of lifetime memberships to PTL theme park, Heritage U.S.A. (Bakker was convicted the following year and sentenced to prison.)

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

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