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This day in history: 6 December

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388 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 6 December.
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2017: Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Holidays and observances

Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador)

Armed Forces Day (Ukraine)

Christian feast day: Abraham of Kratia

Christian feast day: Aemilianus (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Blessed János Scheffler

Christian feast day: December 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Denise and companions

Christian feast day: María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras

Christian feast day: Nicholas of Myra, and its related observances: Saint Nicholas Day, where Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes. (International)

Constitution Day (Spain)

Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917.

Events

2017Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

2015Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.

2006NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

2005An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.

1999A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.

1998in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.

1995The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.

1992The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.

1991Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months.

1990A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.

1989The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

1982The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.

1978Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.

1977South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.

1975The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

1973The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)

1971Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

1969Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.

1967Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.

1957Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

1956A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

1941World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war.

1939Winter War: The Red Army's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale.

1933In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression.

1928The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.

1922Ireland is partitioned, with Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State coming into existence, one year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

1921The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

1917Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire.

1917Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

1917World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.

1916World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

1912The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

1907A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.

1904Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

1897London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

1884The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

1882Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

1865Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

1803Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution.

1790The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

Born on this day

2007Yoonchae Jeung, South Korean singer

1998Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater

1997Sabrina Ionescu, American basketball player

1996Davide Calabria, Italian footballer

1996Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer

1995A Boogie wit da Hoodie, American rapper and singer-songwriter

1994Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek-Nigerian basketball player

1994Shreyas Iyer, Indian cricketer

1994Wakatakakage Atsushi, Japanese sumo wrestler

1993Elián González, Cuban technician, known for a child custody and immigration case held in 2000

1993Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricketer

1993Tautau Moga, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

1992Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer

1992Johnny Manziel, American football player

1992Viktor Antipin, Russian ice hockey player

1991Coco Vandeweghe, American tennis player

1991Milica Mandić, Serbian taekwondo athlete

1991Rachel Jarry, Australian basketball player

1990Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player

1989Felix Schiller, German footballer

1988Adam Eaton, American baseball player

1988Nils Petersen, German footballer

1988Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor

1988Ravindra Jadeja, Indian cricketer

1988Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist

1986Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player

1986Sean Edwards, English race car driver (died 2013)

1985Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer

1985R. P. Singh, Indian cricketer

1985Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player

1984Nora Kirkpatrick, American actress and musician

1984Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland

1984Syndric Steptoe, American football player

1982Aaron Sandilands, Australian footballer

1982Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist

1982Robbie Gould, American football player

1982Ryan Carnes, American actor and producer

1982Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer

1982Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver

1981Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer

Died on this day

2024Maggie Tabberer, Australian fashion model and television personality (born 1936)

2016Peter Vaughan, British actor (born 1923)

2015Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (born 1945)

2015Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (born 1917)

2015Nicholas Smith, British actor (born 1934)

2014Fred Hawkins, American golfer (born 1923)

2014Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (born 1962)

2014Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (born 1981)

2014Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (born 1922)

2013Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (born 1939)

2013M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (born 1942)

2013Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (born 1926)

2012Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (born 1951)

2012Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)

2012Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (born 1933)

2012Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (born 1961)

2012Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (born 1963)

2011Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)

2010Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (born 1953)

2006John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (born 1922)

2005Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (born 1932)

2005Danny Williams, South African singer (born 1942)

2005Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (born 1923)

2005William P. Yarborough, American general (born 1912)

2003Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (born 1918)

2002Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1923)

2001Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (born 1923)

2000Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (born 1942)

2000Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (born 1920)

1998César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (born 1921)

Quote of the day

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

Lao Tzu

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