Historical Events In December - 06
Friday, 31 March 2023
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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