Today in History for 12th December 2016:
Historical Events
1908 – 4th Australasian Championships: Fred Alexander beats Alfred Dunlop (3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-3)
1915 – Aristide Briand forms French war government
1930 – Start of the 1st Australia v West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
1963 – Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Juan Peron
1986 – David Boon’s fourth Test century, 103 v England at Adelaide
1997 – SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages
Famous Birthdays
1927 – Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990)
1946 – Clive Bunker, rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1959 – Scott D Vangen, Granite Falls MN, astronaut
1960 – Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist/concert master
1960 – Amal Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88)
1961 – Dale Sanderson, CFL guard (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
Famous Deaths
1685 – John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)
1977 – Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill (nee Hozier), widow of Sir Winston, dies at 92
1980 – Jean Lesage, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1912)
1995 – Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian, dies
1996 – Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70
2006 – Raymond P. Shafer, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1917)