Page 4: Historical Events In December - 06

1892  On this day in history f Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame)   

1892  E Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1893  On December - 06 lou Little, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1960)   

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 this day in history.   

1896  On December - 06 arnold Foster, composer   

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

1897  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

1900  Agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas born on December - 06.   

1900  On this day in history 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  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1907  On this day in history coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361   

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  On this day in history white Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo   

1913  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1920  On this day in history dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice)   

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

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

1550  Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1562  On this day in history 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.