December 6
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December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining.
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Events
- 963 - Leo VIII is elected pope.
- 1240 - Kiev falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
- 1534 - Spanish found Quito, Ecuador.
- 1768 - First edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1790 - U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1849 - American freedom-fighter Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
- 1865 - Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
- 1877 - First publication of the Washington Post newspaper.
- 1884 - Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.
- 1917 - Finland declares its independence from Russia.
- 1917 - Halifax Explosion kills more than 1900 people, destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 1921 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by British and Irish representatives
- 1922 - One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty the Irish Free State comes into existence.
- 1933 - U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene
- 1947 - Everglades National Park in Florida, USA is dedicated.
- 1957 - A launchpad explosion thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite (Project Vanguard).
- 1969 - The Rolling Stones's concert at Altamont leads to the stabbing death of a concert-goer by Hell's Angels providing security.
- 1973 - The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3).
- 1977 - South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana - not recognized by any other country
- 1978 - Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- 1989 - The École Polytechnique Massacre: a man kills 14 young women in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1992 - In Ayodhya, India, Hindus belonging to the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party demolish the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque.
- 1997 - A Russian Antonov AN-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67
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Births
- 846 - Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)
- 1285 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
- 1421 - King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
- 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
- 1550 (baptism) - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (d. 1605)
- 1586 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
- 1608 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (d. 1670)
- 1637 - Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)
- 1640 - Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)
- 1642 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
- 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
- 1792 - King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1805 - Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
- 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
- 1823 - Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900)
- 1833 - John Singleton Mosby, American Confederate guerrilla leader (d. 1916)
- 1841 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870)
- 1849 - August von Mackensen, German Field Marshal (d. 1945)
- 1863 - Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914)
- 1872 - William S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946)
- 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, English poet (d. 1941)
- 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, American poet (d. 1918)
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
- 1892 - Sir Osbert Sitwell, English author (d. 1969)
- 1896 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983)
- 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photojournalist (d. 1995)
- 1898 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1900 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)
- 1903 - Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946)
- 1905 - James J. Braddock, American boxer (d. 1974)
- 1908 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (d. 2004)
- 1917 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977)
- 1920 - Dave Brubeck, American musician
- 1920 - George Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
- 1921 - Otto Graham, American football player (d. 2003)
- 1928 - Bobby Van, American singer (d. 1980)
- 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
- 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
- 1930 - Daniel Lisulo, Zambian prime minister
- 1933 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer
- 1936 - David Ossman, American comedian
- 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer
- 1945 - Larry Bowa, American baseball player
- 1948 - JoBeth Williams, American actress
- 1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
- 1952 - Rick Charlesworth, Australian cricketer, politician, hockey player and coach
- 1953 - Tom Hulce, American actor
- 1953 - Gary Ward, American baseball player
- 1955 - Steven Wright, American comedian
- 1956 - Randy Rhodes, American musician
- 1956 - Peter Buck, American musician
- 1958 - Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator
- 1958 - Xander Berkeley, American actor
- 1962 - Janine Turner, American actress
- 1971 - Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
- 1971 - Ryan White, American activist (d. 1990)
- 1977 - Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
- 1977 - Kevin Cash, American baseball player
- 1979 - Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
- 1980 - Steve Lovell, English footballer
- 1983 - Dhawal Vadodaria, Indian Scientist
- 1993 - Elian Gonzalez, Cuban refugee
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Deaths
- 1185 - King Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- 1352 - Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
- 1562 - Jan van Scorel Dutch painter and architect
- 1618 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (b. 1601)
- 1672 - King John II Casimir of Poland (b. 1609)
- 1675 - John Lightfoot, English churchman (b. 1602)
- 1718 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)
- 1746 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)
- 1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1788 - Jonathan Shipley, English bishop and politician (b. 1714)
- 1867 - Jean Pierre Flourens, French physician (b. 1794)
- 1868 - August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)
- 1882 - Anthony Trollope, English author (b. 1815)
- 1889 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (b. 1816)
- 1949 - Leadbelly, American musician (b. 1885)
- 1951 - Harold Ross, American magazine editor (b. 1892)
- 1955 - Honus Wagner, baseball player (b. 1874)
- 1956 - Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Minister of Law (b. 1891)
- 1961 - Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925)
- 1976 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1985 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
- 1988 - Roy Orbison, American musician (b. 1936)
- 1989 - Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1991 - Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1993 - Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1997 - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
- 2002 - Philip Berrigan, American civil rights activist (b. 1923)
- 2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
- 2003 - Jerry Tuite, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2004 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (b. 1921)
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Undated deaths
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Holidays and observances
- Independence day in Finland
- Spanish Constitution Day
- Canada: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
- Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) Day in some European, mostly Roman Catholic, countries, and as Sinterklaas in southern parts of The Netherlands (see December 5)
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