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12/01/1974
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Richard Jordan, linebacker (Detroit Lions)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1974
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Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77
Type: Death
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12/01/1974
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Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
Type: Death
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12/01/1975
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Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80
Type: Death
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12/01/1975
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Sandra Maidana, Miss Universe-Uruguay (1996)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1975
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US president Gerald Ford visits China PR
Type: Event
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12/01/1975
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Alya Rohali, Miss Universe-Indonesia (1996)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1976
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Angola admitted to UN
Type: Event
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12/01/1976
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Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
Type: Event
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12/01/1976
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Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee Wisc, Jeffrey Dahmer's victim
Type: Birth
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12/01/1976
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Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
Type: Event
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12/01/1977
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Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69
Type: Death
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12/01/1978
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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12/01/1978
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Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba
Type: Event
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12/01/1978
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Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size
Type: Event
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12/01/1980
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Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
Type: Death
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12/01/1980
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46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
Type: Event
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12/01/1980
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Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
Type: Event
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12/01/1980
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US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
Type: Event
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12/01/1981
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Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
Type: Event
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12/01/1981
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180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
Type: Event
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12/01/1982
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Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday
Type: Death
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12/01/1982
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Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of M‚xico
Type: Event
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12/01/1982
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Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
Type: Event
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12/01/1982
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Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
Type: Event
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12/01/1983
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Mirsky, mathematician, dies
Type: Death
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12/01/1983
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Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
Type: Event
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12/01/1984
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Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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12/01/1984
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France performs nuclear test
Type: Event
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12/01/1984
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50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
Type: Event
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12/01/1985
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STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
Type: Event
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12/01/1985
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South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
Type: Event
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12/01/1985
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Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
Type: Event
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12/01/1986
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Mus‚e d'orsay opens in Paris
Type: Event
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12/01/1986
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Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
Type: Death
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12/01/1986
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Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
Type: Event
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12/01/1986
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[Irving] Lee Dorsey, [Kid Chocolate], US boxer/singer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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12/01/1986
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Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
Type: Death
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12/01/1987
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Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel
Type: Event
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12/01/1987
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James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
Type: Death
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12/01/1987
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Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
Type: Death
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12/01/1988
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Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz
Type: Birth
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12/01/1988
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596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
Type: Event
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12/01/1988
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NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues
Type: Event
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12/01/1988
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NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics
Type: Event
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12/01/1988
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Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
Type: Event
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12/01/1988
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Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)
Type: Event
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12/01/1989
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East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution
Type: Event
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12/01/1989
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Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract
Type: Event
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12/01/1989
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"Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS
Type: Event
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