Page 4: Historical Events In December - 06

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

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  The birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George on this day in history.   

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  On December - 06 john Axel Fernstrom, composer   

1898  Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist on December - 06.   

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  Journalist and parliamentary reporter Alphonse Desjardins founds North Amberica's first credit union in Levis Quebec on December - 06.   

1902  On December - 06 virgilio Mortari, composer   

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

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

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

1904  Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie on December - 06.   

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

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

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

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  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  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

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

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 December - 06.   

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 December - 06.   

1918  On this day in history granville James Leveson Gower, land owner   

1920  Dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice) on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1421  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71) was born on December - 06.   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on this day in history.   

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

1586  On December - 06 birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on December - 06.   

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)   

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

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

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on December - 06.   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

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.