Historical Events In December - 06
Sunday, 18 April 2021
1849 On December - 06 harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland
1862 On December - 06 pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians
1864 Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC on this day in history.
1865 On December - 06 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
1865 On this day in history sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed on this day in history.
1867 On December - 06 giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71
1869 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1870 On December - 06 joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Reps (SC)
1870 On December - 06 joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)
1870 William S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds) on this day in history.
1872 William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954 on December - 06.
1872 Mikulas Moyzes, composer on December - 06.
1872 William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star: Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954 on December - 06.
1873 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1 on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24
1875 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes on December - 06.
1876 On this day in history city of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time
1876 The first crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA on this day in history.
1876 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn on this day in history.
1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' on December - 06.
1877 Washington Post publishes first edition on this day in history.
1877 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison) on this day in history.
1880 The Edmonton Bulletin, the first newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication on December - 06.
1882 Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit on December - 06.
1882 A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.
1884 Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC on December - 06.
1884 On December - 06 aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC
1884 On December - 06 rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44)
1885 Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General) on December - 06.
1886 On this day in history joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees)
1887 On this day in history joseph Lamb, composer
1889 On this day in history jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81
1892 On December - 06 the birth of Sir Osbert Sitwell, British Writer
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