Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of December 04:
1443 Pope Julius II (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
1584 John Cotton Puritan clergyman in Massachusetts Bay colony
1660 Andre Campra composer
1667 Michel Pignolet de Monteclair composer
1708 Marianus Konigsperger composer
1720 Jean-Jacques Robson composer
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)
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 Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring Major General (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
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 (WWI)
1866 Vassily Kandinsky Russian/German/French abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration)
1868 Richard N Roland Holst Dutch artist/painter
1874 Jean H L Bossard actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)
1875 Rainer Maria Rilke Germany, poet (Duino Elegies)
1876 Dimitur Poljanov [Popov] Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)
1879 Herbert Hamilton Harty composer
1881 Erwin von Witzleben German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)
1888 Aleksandar I Karadordjevic king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
1889 Buck Jones [Charles F Gebhart] US actor (War Horse)
1889 Isabel Randolph Illinois, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)
1892 Francisco Franco [y Bahamonde] general/dictator of Spain (1936-75)
1895 Nils FA Nilsson Piraten Swedendish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
1896 Nikolai S Tichonov Russian writer (against Pasternak)
1897 Mari Andriessen Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)
1899 Douwe Hermans Kiestra [Harm Harmstra] Frisian farmer/writer
1903 Alfred Leslie Rowse historian
1903 Cornell Woolrich US, writer (El Angel Negro)
1905 Emilio Médici President of Brazil (1969-74)
1907 Jo Boer Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)
1908 A D Hershey US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
1910 Alex North Chester PA, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
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 New South Wales/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't represent Australia)
1912 Jimmy Jewel comedian
1912 John W Pritchard [Ian Wallace] US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)
1915 Allan Jackson Hot Springs AR, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)
1915 Fred Freer cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946)
1920 Michael Bates Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)
1921 Deanna Durbin Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl)
1922 Gerard Philipe Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)
1923 Charles Keating district attorney (Los Angeles CA)
1924 John Portman South Carolina, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
1925 Maurice Binder New York NY, photographer/film titler (James Bond)
1926 Lee Doraey rocker
1928 Dena Dietrich Pittsburgh PA, actress (Dena-Karen, Ethel-The Ropers)
1928 Russell L Rogers USAF/astronaut (X-20)
1930 Harvey Kuenn baseball player (American League Rookie of the Year-1953)
1930 Ronnie Corbett England, comedian (2 Ronnies)
1930 Paul-Heinz Dittrich composer
1930 Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou composer
1932 Edgar Valcarcel composer
1932 Joanne Battiste artist (heroines)
1932 Roh Tae Woo Taegu South Korea, President of South Korea (1988-93)
1933 Horst Buchholz Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe, Sahara)
1934 Victor French Santa Barbara CA, actor (Highway to Heaven)
1934 Wink [Winston Conrad] Martindale Jackson TN, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)
1935 Fred Rumsey England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)
1936 Larry Davis blues singer/guitarist
1937 Donnelly Rhodes Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, actor (Dutch-Soap, Double Trouble)
1937 Max Baer Jr Oakland CA, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)
1938 Andre Marrou Libertarian presidential candidate (1992)
1938 Liesbeth Struppert actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank)
1938 Lynn Blessing vibes Player
1940 Freddy Cannon [Picariello] Lynn MA, rocker (Palisades Park)
1940 John Cale Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground)
1941 Humberto Solas director/writer (Lucia)
1941 Raul Blanco Australian soccer assistant coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1942 Bob Mosley Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape)
1942 Chris Hillman San Diego CA, singer (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)
1943 Patti Chandler California, actress (Bikini Beach)
1944 Dennis Wilson Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-In My Room, California Dreaming)
1945 Michael Gerzon mathematician
1945 Pam Higgins LPGA golfer
1947 Ursula Krechel writer
1948 Southside Johnny Lyon Neptune NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home)
1948 Lin Onus artist
1948 Roberta Lynn Bondar Ontario, astronaut (STS 42)
1949 Jeff Bridges Los Angeles CA, actor (Stay Hungry, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds)
1949 Mary Bea Porter-King Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic)
1949 Russ Karel director
1950 Pamela Stephenson Auckland New Zealand, 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 OH, actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)
1952 Ronald Michael Sega Cleveland OH, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76)
1955 Brian Prout Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1955 Cassandra Wilson jazz singer
1956 Bernard King basketball player (New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets)
1956 Blagoi Blagoyev Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifter (Olympics-silver-1976)
1956 Herbert Groenemeyer Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)
1957 Raul Boesel Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
1957 Lee Smith Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1958 Bill Roy Versailles IL, skeet (Olympics-1996)
1961 Frank Reich NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions)
1962 Arnold Scholten soccer player (Feyenoord)
1962 John Gaasbeek soccer player (FC Twente/NAC)
1962 Stan Gelbaugh NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
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 manager (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964 Marisa Tomei Brooklyn NY, actress (My Cousin Vinny)
1965 Rob Smits pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)
1967 Klaus Wilmsmeyer NFL punter (New Orleans Saints)
1967 Martha O'Kelley US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 Mike Barrowman Costa Mesa CA, kayak/200 meter breast stroke (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
1969 Ferric Collons NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)
1969 Jacques Landry Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 Marie-Josée Morneau Longueuil Québec, 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1969 Mik Middleton WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
1969 Terry Glenn wide receiver (New England Patriots)
1970 Jeff Blake NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1971 Terrence Wisdom NFL/WLAF guard/center (New York Jets, London Monarchs)
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 (New England Patriots)
1973 Corliss Williamson NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1973 Tyra Banks model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1974 Anke Huber Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian)
1976 John Lee Chicago IL, dance skater (& Julia Bikbova)
1977 Emily Ballard Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)
1977 Shahid Nazir cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler vs Zimbabwe 1996)
Deaths which occurred on December 04:
0771 Karloman II French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20
0811 Charles eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
1137 Lotharius III of Supplinburg emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
1182 Henry Earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies
1334 John XXII [Jacques Duèze] Pope (316-34), dies
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
1514 Richard Hunne English "heretic", commits suicide(?)
1576 Rheticus mathematician, dies
1603 Maarten de Vos Flemish painter, dies at about 71
1642 Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu bishop of Luçon, dies at about 57
1649 Outgert Arisz Akersloot Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
1676 Johann Georg Ebeling composer, dies at 39
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
1836 Daniel Read composer, dies at 79
1884 Alice Mary Smith composer, dies at 45
1890 Willem III Dutch king, buried
1909 Paul-Albert Besnard French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
1915 Gustav Hollaender composer, dies at 60
1923 [Auguste-]Maurice Barrès French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61
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
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 Shostakovich, dies
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 San Francisco 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 sociologist, dies at 69
1976 Benjamin Britten British composer (Beggar's Opera, War Requiem), dies at 63
1976 Tommy Bolin rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
1977 Leila Hyams actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
1978 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith Netherlands/US phycists, dies at 76
1979 Robert Karnes actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
1980 Francisco Sá Carneiro PM of Portugal (1980), dies in air crash
1980 Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz sprinter (Olympics-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 director (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
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
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1967 COLLINS ARNOLD NEW YORK NY 1970 GREEN GEORGE C. JR. ATTICA IN
0771 Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France
1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
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 the Moors
1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
1619 America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Virginia)
1644 1st European peace congress opens in Münster
1655 Middelburg Netherlands 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
1680 Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
1682 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
1688 General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
1691 Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of South Netherlands
1745 Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
1783 General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York NY
1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in 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 President, 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 Philadelphia
1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg PA
1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Massachusetts
1843 Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig
1844 James K Polk elected 11th President of US, George M Dallas Vice President
1851 President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
1863 Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces
1864 Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
1864 Battle of Waynesborough, Brier Creek GA
1867 Grange organized to protect farm interests
1875 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
1889 Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
1890 Willem III, Dutch king, buried
1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
1899 Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
1901 Anne Russell's "Girl & The Judge" premieres in New York NY
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 Panamá-Pacific International Exposition closes in San Francisco CA (Opened February 20 1915)
1915 F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County GA
1918 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes (Yugoslavia) proclaimed
1918 President 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: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
1922 Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation secretary-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 University of Toronto, 10-7
1927 Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem
1927 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow
1927 Pirates' Paul Waner wins National League MVP
1928 Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee" premieres in New York NY
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 New York NY
1935 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) 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 WWII
1943 Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
1943 2nd conference of Caïro: FDR, Churchill & Turkish President Inönü
1943 Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
1944 Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
1945 Senate approves US participation in UN
1945 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB); he is 1st junior to win the trophy
1947 USSR joins International 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 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
1951 Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper" premieres in New York NY
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 performances
1954 "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
1955 Manager 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 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
1961 Smallest New York Knicks crowd at 49th St Madison Square Garden-1,300 (due to snowstorm)
1961 Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1961 WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
1963 Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
1964 Baseball approves a free-agent draft
1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
1964 Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, vs Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
1965 Gemini 7 launched with 2 astronauts (Borman & Lovell)
1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances
1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury CT, 4 die
1965 San Francisco 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%
1973 John Cappelletti wins Heisman trophy
1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
1974 Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
1975 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)
1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
1977 NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats Kansas City 27-7
1977 Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate win Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
1977 Neil Simon's "Chapter Two" premieres in New York NY
1978 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco 1st female mayor
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
1979 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey #7, Bingo Smith
1979 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)
1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Colorado Rockies)
1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence; Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
1981 President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence (No 12333)
1982 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
1982 China adopts its constitution
1982 Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
1983 New Jersey Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
1983 US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
1983 "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
1983 David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby" premieres at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser
1985 "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
1985 French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
1986 NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
1986 Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" premieres in New York NY
1987 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
1988 Amy Benz/John Huston win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1988 Baltimore Orioles trade veteran 1st baseman Eddie Murray to Los Angeles Dodgers
1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York NY
1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1991 Judds final concert (Nashville)
1991 Muslim Shiites 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 US Troops land in Somalia
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500 meter (35.92 seconds)
1993 Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
1994 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
1994 Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1994 Tony Kushner’s"Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" closes at W Kerr after 367 performances
1994 Tony Kushner’s"Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 performances
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
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
México : Day of the Artisans
Tonga : Proclamation Day
Religious Observances
Orthodox : Presentation in the Temple of Mary
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Barbara, virgin/martyr
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna/doctor
Roman Catholic, Anglican : Commemoration of John Damascene, priest/doctor
Religious History
1154 Adrian IV, 54, was elected to the papacy. Born Nicholas Breakspear, near St. Albans, England, he was the only Englishman ever elevated to the office of pope.
1674 French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette erected a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan, in present_day Illinois. His log cabin became the first building of a settlement that afterward grew to become the city of Chicago.
1809 The International Bible Society was founded in New York City as an interdenominational agency for translating, producing and distributing the Scriptures. The I.B.S. has since distributed the Bible to over 150 countries in the world.
1854 Birth of Mary Reed, American Methodist missionary. She died in 1943, having spent the last 52 years of her life ministering to the lepers of India.
1966 Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'The good Lord, in spite of reports to the contrary, is not dead.'
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)
