Historical Events In December - 06

1892  On December - 06 f Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame)  

1892  On this day in history e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75  

1893  Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960) on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history the birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George  

1896  D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura on December - 06.  

1896  Arnold Foster, composer on December - 06.  

1897  On December - 06 london becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.  

1897  On December - 06 john Axel Fernstrom, composer  

1898  Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist on this day in history.  

1899  On December - 06 harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith  

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1900  On December - 06 agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas born  

1900  Journalist and parliamentary reporter Alphonse Desjardins founds North Amberica's first credit union in Levis Quebec on this day in history.  

1902  Virgilio Mortari, composer on this day in history.  

1903  On December - 06 sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders  

1903  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on December - 06.  

1904  Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) on this day in history.  

1904  Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie on this day in history.  

1906  Agnes Moorehead, Clinton Mass, actress (Endora-Bewitched) on this day in history.  

1907  Coal mine explosions in Monongah WV, kills 361 on December - 06.  

1907  Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history alan McGilvray, cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930's) and commentator (ABC)  

1911  Alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary on this day in history.  

1912  China votes for universal human rights on December - 06.  

1913  White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo on this day in history.  

1913  Eleanor Holm, NYC, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) on December - 06.  

1914  On December - 06 german troops over run Lodz  

1914  On December - 06 cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener)  

1914  On this day in history eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47  

1916  On this day in history german army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest  

1917  At 9 05 A.M., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating man-made explosion in the pre-nuclear age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes twenty minutes after colliding with another vessel on December - 06.  

1917  On this day in history finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)  

1917  At 9:05 A.M., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating man-made explosion in the pre-nuclear age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes twenty minutes after colliding with another vessel on this day in history.  

1918  On December - 06 granville James Leveson Gower, land owner  

1920  Dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice) on December - 06.  

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0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)  

1285  On this day in history 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  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.  

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland  

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 this day in history afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76  

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies  

1531  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.  

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.