Today in History for 6th December 2014 Historical Events 963 - Leo VIII elected Pope1864 - Battle of Deveauxs Neck, SC1877 - First recording made of the human voce - Thomas Edison reciting Mary had a little lamb1962 - US abandons Skybolt balistic missile program1965 - Pakistans Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.1993 - Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1823 - Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900)1831 - Joshua Woodrow Sill, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 18621943 - Mike Smith, London England, rocker/pianist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)1955 - Malcolm Jarvis, cricket lefty paceman (Zimbabwes 1st Test side)1955 - Bill Lloyd, Bowling Green Ky, singer (Foster and Lloyd-Crazy Over You)1956 - Peter Buck, US pop guitarist (REM-Murmur) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1651 - Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 681718 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)1986 - Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 221994 - Gian Maria Volonte, actresss (Fistful of Dollars), dies at 611995 - [Schaff] Claire Polin, composer, dies at 692004 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (b. 1921) More Famous Deaths » from Today in History | HistoryOrb ift.tt/VoSLfd ift.tt/eA8V8J
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