Page 4: Historical Events In December - 06

1892  On this day in history 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  On this day in history lou Little, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960)   

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

1896  On December - 06 d T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura   

1896  Arnold Foster, composer on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history london becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.   

1897  On this day in history 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   

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

1900  On this day in history 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  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1904  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)   

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

1906  On December - 06 agnes Moorehead, Clinton Mass, actress (Endora-Bewitched)   

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

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

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  On December - 06 white Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo   

1913  On December - 06 eleanor Holm, NYC, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)   

1914  German troops over run Lodz on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener)   

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on December - 06.   

1916  German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest on December - 06.   

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  On this day in history 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.   

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

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

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

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

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 December - 06.   

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

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

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

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

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

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.   

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