Page 4: Historical Events In December - 06

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

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 December - 06.   

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

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 December - 06 john Axel Fernstrom, composer   

1898  Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist on December - 06.   

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

1900  On December - 06 agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas born   

1900  Journalist and parliamentary reporter Alphonse Desjardins founds North Amberica's first credit union in Levis Quebec on this day in history.   

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 December - 06.   

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

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

1907  On this day in history 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 December - 06.   

1912  On this day in history china votes for universal human rights   

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

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

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

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

1917  On December - 06 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  Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) on December - 06.   

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 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  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.   

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

1550  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

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

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on this day in history.   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On this day in history 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)