Historical Events In December - 06

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

1997  On December - 06 alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68   

2005  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 on December - 06.   

2007  On this day in history a pipe bomb explodes in a law office in Paris, France, killing one person.   

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

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

2017  Time Magazine names their Person of the Year "The Silence Breakers", people who came forward to report sexual misconduct on this day in history.   

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 December - 06.   

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

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

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

2017  On December - 06 the United States officially recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital.   

2018  On this day in history senegal's new Museum of Black Civilisations is opened in Dakar by President Macky Sall   

2018  Luxembourg is the first country to make all public transport free on this day in history.   

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  Oldest-known plague sample found in 4,900-year-old remains of 20-year old woman in Gökhem, southern Sweden published in "Cell" on December - 06.   

2020  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

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  COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 50 million COVID-19 cases on December - 06.   

2023  On December - 06 taylor Swift is named Time's Person of the Year [1]   

2023  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1421  On this day in history birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

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  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 December - 06.   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  On December - 06 afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76   

1352  On December - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

1598  Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78 on December - 06.   

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)