December 6
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December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers.
- 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
- 1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
- 1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.
- 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host motorised taxi cabs.
- 1916 – David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1917 – Finland declares its independence from Russia.
- 1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is 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.
- 1971 – Pakistan ends diplomatic ties with India following New Delhi's recognition of Bangladesh.
- 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, although it is not recognized by any other country.
- 1978 – Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- 1988 – The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
- 1989 – At the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, an anti-feminist gunman shoots and kills 14 young women.
- 1991 – The Yugoslav People's Army bombards Dubrovnik, Croatia, after laying siege to the city in May.
- 1992 – The burning of the Babr Masjid Mosque in Ayodhya, India by Hindu extremists begins.
- 2001 – In Canada, the province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
- 2005 – David Cameron becomes the leader of the British Conservative Party.
- 2006 – NASA reveals photographs of Mars from the Mars Global Surveyor, suggesting a liquid presence on the planet.
- 2008 – Riots erupt in Greece after the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.
Births [change]
- 1285 – King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
- 1421 – Henry VI, King of England (d. 1471)
- 1642 – Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
- 1792 – King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1823 – Max Mueller, German linguist and scholar of Sanskrit (d. 1900)
- 1841 – Frederic Bazille, French painter (d. 1870)
- 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983)
- 1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photographer (d. 1995)
- 1898 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist (d. 1987)
- 1904 – Eve Curie, French writer (d. 2007)
- 1908 – Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber (d. 1936)
- 1916 – Kristjan Eldjarn, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982)
- 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American musician and composer
- 1920 – George Porter, British chemist (d. 2002)
- 1930 – Daniel Lusilo, Zambian Prime Minister
- 1933 – Henryk Gorecki, Polish composer (d. 2010)
- 1937 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (d. 2006)
- 1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian writer
- 1948 – Keke Rosberg, Finnish racing driver
- 1955 – Tony Woodcock, English footballer
- 1956 – Peter Buck, American musician (R.E.M.)
- 1957 – Andrew Cuomo, American politician, 56th Governor of New York
- 1958 – Nick Park, British movie maker and animator
- 1959 – Satoru Iwata, president and CEO of Nintendo
- 1974 – Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist
- 1975 – Ashin (陳信宏 Chen Hsin Hung), singer from Taiwanese rock band Mayday
- 1975 – Andrea Agnelli, Italian businessman
- 1976 – Lindsay Price, American actress
- 1977 – Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
- 1979 – Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
- 1979 – Francisco Yeste, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
- 1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
- 1986 – Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
Deaths [change]
- 343 – Saint Nicholas
- 1185 – Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- 1352 – Pope Clement VI (b. 1290)
- 1550 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter (b. 1502)
- 1868 – August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)
- 1882 – Anthony Trollope, British writer (b. 1815)
- 1889 – Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 – Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor, scientist and businessman (b. 1816)
- 1949 – Leadbelly, American musician (b. 1889)
- 1956 – Bhimrao Ambedkar, Indian politician and social activist (b. 1891)
- 1976 – Joao Goulart, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1983 – Raymond Roseliep, American poet (b. 1917)
- 1988 – Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. 1936)
- 1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
- 1991 – Richard Stone, British economist (b. 1913)
- 2003 – Carlos Arana Osorio, Guatemalan politician (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Sunny von Buelow, American heiress (b. 1932)
- 2008 – Alexander Grigoropoulos, Greek youth murdered by a policeman in Athens
- 2010 – Don Meredith, American football player and television broadcaster (b. 1938)
- 2010 – Hugues Cuenod, Swiss tenor (b. 1902)
Holidays and observances [change]
- Eastern Catholic Church – St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra – Patron of the Byzantine Catholic Church
- Canada – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
- Finland – Independence Day (from Russia, 1917)
- Spain – Spanish Constitution of 1978
