December 6
|
December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining.
Events
1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
- 1865 - Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
- 1877 - First publication of the Washington Post
- 1884 - Washington Monument 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.
- 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 - Federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene
- 1947 - Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
- 1957 - A launchpad explosion thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite (Project Vanguard).
- 1969 - The Rolling Stones' Altamont Disaster rock festival
- 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, right-wing Hindus belonging to the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and allied organisations demolish the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque, which they claim was built upon the birth place of Lord Rama.
- 1996 - Daylight is released, starring Sylvester Stallone.
- 1997 - A Russian Antonov AN-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67
- 1999 - Digitally Imported, one of the largest internet radio stations dedicated to electronic dance music, is started by Ari Shohat.
Fictional events
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)
- 1586 - Niccoli Zucchi, Italian astronomer (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)
- 1731 - Sophie von La Roche, German author (d. 1807)
- 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
- 1805 - Adolf Reubke, 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, chemist (d. 1914)
- 1872 - William S. Hart, actor (d. 1946)
- 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, English poet (d. 1941)
- 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, poet (d. 1918)
- 1887 - Lynne Fontanne, actress (d. 1983)
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, painter, graphic artist, and writer (d. 1955)
- 1892 - Lina Carstens, actress (d. 1978)
- 1892 - Sir Osbert Sitwell, English author (d. 1969)
- 1896 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist (d. 1983)
- 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, photojournalist (d. 1995)
- 1900 - Agnes Moorehead, actress (d. 1974)
- 1903 - Tony Lazzeri, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1946)
- 1905 - James J. Braddock, boxer (d. 1974)
- 1908 - Pierre Graber, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Eleanor Holm - American swimmer (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Walter W. Kelley, President of ACR
- 1917 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977)
- 1920 - Dave Brubeck, jazz musician
- 1921 - Otto Graham, American football player (d. 2003)
- 1928 - Bobby Van, singer (d. 1980)
- 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss film-maker
- 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
- 1933 - Henryk Górecki, composer
- 1936 - David Ossman, comedian
- 1942 - Peter Handke, author, playwright
- 1948 - JoBeth Williams, actress
- 1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish formula one driver
- 1953 - Tom Hulce, actor
- 1953 - Gary Ward, baseball player
- 1955 - Steven Wright, comedian
- 1956 - Randy Rhodes, musician
- 1956 - Peter Buck, musician
- 1958 - Nick Park, film-maker and animator
- 1958 - Xander Berkeley, actor
- 1962 - Janine Turner, actress
- 1971 - Ryan White, AIDS activist (d. 1990)
- 1993 - Elián González, Cuban refugee
Deaths
- 1185 - Afonso, first king of Portugal
- 1352 - Pope Clement VI
- 1562 - Jan van Scorel Dutch painter/architect
- 1718 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)
- 1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1868 - August Schleicher, linguist
- 1882 - Anthony Trollope, English author
- 1889 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 - Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist
- 1949 - Leadbelly, blues musician
- 1951 - Harold Ross, American magazine editor (b. 1892)
- 1955 - Honus Wagner, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1874)
- 1956 - Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian lawyer and Minister of Law
- 1961 - Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist and writer
- 1976 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1985 - Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer
- 1988 - Roy Orbison, American musician (b. 1936)
- 1989 - Frances Bavier, actress
- 1993 - Don Ameche, American actor
- 1997 - Billy Bremner, footballer
- 2000 - Werner Klemperer, actor (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Gerhard Löwenthal, journalist
- 2001 - Sir Peter Blake, yachtsman
- 2002 - Philip Berrigan, civil rights activist
- 2002 - Charles Rosen, pioneer in artificial intelligence
- 2003 - Jose-Maria Jimenez, cyclist
- 2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala
- 2003 - Jerry Tuite, professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2004 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach
Undated deaths
Holidays and observances
External links
December 5 - December 7 - November 6 - January 6 -- listing of all days
|
Blind search dot net
Fun search
On casino
Toolhost.com
GuideofCasinos dot Com
Pillscatalog dot Net
CatalogofCasinos dot com
All of Finance dot com
.
Try search at Google | Yahoo
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Celebrate the March 9 DVD and Blu-ray release of Boondock Saints 2 with Craveonline's interview with writer/director Troy Duffy.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Watch travel videos of TravelSkoot's recommendations for the best activities to do in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Hawaii, and many more cities!
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
World's largest video search engine. Over 26 million hours of video. Watch it all!
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Enter for a chance to attend a Hollywood CA movie premiere on Craveonline's Armored sweeps page. Armored releases on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on March 16th
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Watch full episodes from Bravo at bravotv.com
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Crave Online - Your Source for Videos, Movie News, Gaming, Sports, and More!
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Armored is releasing on DVD , Blu-Ray, & Digital Download on March 16. Celebrate by checking out Craveonline's Best Getaway Films!
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
A beautiful woman, a helicopter, a motorcycle and a yacht Â? check out the new Â?Back in BlackÂ? video from Black Card
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Earn more money with a better job now
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Dan Meth peeks behind the showbiz curtain to bring you the Hollywood that could have been. Some of cinema's greatest film roles, as played by some of actors initially considered for them.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|