Page 3: Historical Events In December - 06

1849  Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland on December - 06.   

1862  On December - 06 pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians   

1864  On this day in history battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC   

1865  13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery on this day in history.   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on December - 06.   

1866  Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed on December - 06.   

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

1870  Joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Reps (SC) on December - 06.   

1870  Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC) on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history william S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds)   

1872  On December - 06 william S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954   

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 December - 06 manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24   

1875  44th Congress (1875-77) convenes on December - 06.   

1876  On December - 06 city of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time   

1876  On December - 06 the first crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA   

1876  1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history thomas Edison demonstrates the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'   

1877  Washington Post publishes first edition on December - 06.   

1877  1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison) on December - 06.   

1880  On December - 06 the Edmonton Bulletin, the first newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication   

1882  On this day in history atmosphere of Venus detected during transit   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1884  Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC on December - 06.   

1884  On this day in history aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC   

1884  Rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44) on this day in history.   

1885  Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General) on this day in history.   

1886  Joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees) on this day in history.   

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  The birth of Sir Osbert Sitwell, British Writer on December - 06.   

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  On December - 06 birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76   

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On this day in history pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on December - 06.   

1598  On December - 06 elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)