Page 4: Historical Events In December - 06

1892  F Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame) on this day in history.   

1892  On December - 06 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 this day in history.   

1896  Arnold Foster, composer on December - 06.   

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

1897  On this day in history john Axel Fernstrom, composer   

1898  On December - 06 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  On December - 06 virgilio Mortari, composer   

1903  Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders on December - 06.   

1903  On December - 06 frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1904  Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) on December - 06.   

1904  On December - 06 eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie   

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

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

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

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

1911  On this day in history alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary   

1912  On December - 06 china votes for universal human rights   

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  German troops over run Lodz on this day in history.   

1914  Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener) on December - 06.   

1914  Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1916  On December - 06 german army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest   

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.   

1917  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

1918  Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner on December - 06.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

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

1550  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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