Page 3: Historical Events In December - 06

1849  Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland on December - 06.   

1862  On December - 06 pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians   

1864  Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC on this day in history.   

1865  On December - 06 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery   

1865  On December - 06 sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

1866  Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed on this day in history.   

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 06 jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

1870  Joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Reps (SC) on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)   

1870  On December - 06 william S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds)   

1872  On this day in history william S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954   

1872  On December - 06 mikulas Moyzes, composer   

1872  William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star: Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on December - 06.   

1875  44th Congress (1875-77) convenes on December - 06.   

1876  City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history the first crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA   

1876  1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history thomas Edison demonstrates the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'   

1877  Washington Post publishes first edition on December - 06.   

1877  On this day in history 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)   

1880  The Edmonton Bulletin, the first newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication on December - 06.   

1882  On this day in history atmosphere of Venus detected during transit   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1884  Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC on December - 06.   

1884  On this day in history aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC   

1884  On December - 06 rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44)   

1885  On this day in history albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General)   

1886  Joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history joseph Lamb, composer   

1889  On December - 06 jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81   

1892  On December - 06 the birth of Sir Osbert Sitwell, British Writer   

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0846  On this day in history birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  On December - 06 birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

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  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On December - 06 birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

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

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on December - 06.   

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

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

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

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

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 this day in history.