Historical Events In December - 06

1996  Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant, dies at 83 on December - 06.   

1997  Alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history an Iranian C-130 Hercules airplane crashes into a ten-story building in a civilian area of Tehran, the capital of Iran, killing all 94 people aboard and 34 residents of the building - a total of 128 people.   

2007  A pipe bomb explodes in a law office in Paris, France, killing one person on December - 06.   

2012  On December - 06 7 people are killed and 770 injured during Egyptian protests   

2017  Starbucks opens its largest cafe in the world in Shanghai, 30,000 square-feet, 1/2 size of a football field on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 06 time Magazine names their Person of the Year "The Silence Breakers", people who came forward to report sexual misconduct   

2017  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, announcing plans to move US embassy there   

2017  On December - 06 skirball wildfire near Los Angeles closes the Interstate 405 as thousands forced to evacuate   

2017  Andrej BabiÅ¡ is sworn as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 06 britain's top Brexit negotiator David Davis admits there has been "no systematic impact assessment" on effects of Brexit   

2017  Brazilian drug lord Rogério da Silva arrested in Rio on December - 06.   

2017  "Supermassive" most distant black hole discovery announced by astronomers in journal "Nature", 13 billion light-years away, 800 x bigger than the Sun on December - 06.   

2017  The United States officially recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital on December - 06.   

2018  Senegal's new Museum of Black Civilisations is opened in Dakar by President Macky Sall on this day in history.   

2018  On December - 06 luxembourg is the first country to make all public transport free   

2018  On December - 06 tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry explodes for franchise-record 238 yards & 4 touchdowns in 30-9 win v Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville; 99-yard TD run ties Dallas Cowboys HOF RB Tony Dorsett's longest run in NFL history   

2018  On December - 06 oldest-known plague sample found in 4,900-year-old remains of 20-year old woman in Gökhem, southern Sweden published in "Cell"   

2020  On this day in history the 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election takes place.   

2021  Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years (later reduced to two) for inciting public unrest and breaching Covid-19 protocols [1] on this day in history.   

2021  On this day in history the United States announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in response to China's human rights record. Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia join shortly after.   

2021  On this day in history cOVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 50 million COVID-19 cases.   

2023  Taylor Swift is named Time's Person of the Year [1] on this day in history.   

2023  On December - 06 google DeepMind releases the Gemini Language Model. Gemini will act as a foundational model integrated into Google's existing tools, including search and Bard.   

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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  On December - 06 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 this day in history birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  On this day in history 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  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

1185  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.