Historical Events In December - 06

1892  F Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame) on December - 06.  

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 December - 06.  

1896  The birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George on December - 06.  

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

1896  On December - 06 arnold Foster, composer  

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

1897  John Axel Fernstrom, composer on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist  

1899  Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith on this day in history.  

1900  Agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas born on December - 06.  

1900  On December - 06 journalist and parliamentary reporter Alphonse Desjardins founds North Amberica's first credit union in Levis Quebec  

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 this day in history.  

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

1904  On this day in history eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie  

1906  Agnes Moorehead, Clinton Mass, actress (Endora-Bewitched) on December - 06.  

1907  On this day in history coal mine explosions in Monongah WV, kills 361  

1907  On December - 06 coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361  

1909  On December - 06 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 this day in history.  

1913  White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo on December - 06.  

1913  On this day in history eleanor Holm, NYC, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)  

1914  German troops over run Lodz on December - 06.  

1914  Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener) on this day in history.  

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

1916  On December - 06 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 this day in history.  

1917  Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) on this day in history.  

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  Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner on this day in history.  

1920  On December - 06 dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice)  

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

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.  

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on this day in history.  

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)  

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1637  On December - 06 birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)  

0343  On December - 06 death of saint Nicholas  

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on December - 06.  

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on December - 06.  

1531  On this day in history death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded  

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48  

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies  

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

1618  On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)