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 December - 06.   

1896  The birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George on this day in history.   

1896  On December - 06 d T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura   

1896  On December - 06 arnold Foster, composer   

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

1897  John Axel Fernstrom, composer on this day in history.   

1898  Alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1900  Journalist and parliamentary reporter Alphonse Desjardins founds North Amberica's first credit union in Levis Quebec on December - 06.   

1902  Virgilio Mortari, composer on this day in history.   

1903  Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders on this day in history.   

1903  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 06 theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)   

1904  On this day in history eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie   

1906  Agnes Moorehead, Clinton Mass, actress (Endora-Bewitched) on December - 06.   

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

1907  Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 on this day in history.   

1909  Alan McGilvray, cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930's) and commentator (ABC) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary   

1912  On December - 06 china votes for universal human rights   

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

1913  On this day in history eleanor Holm, NYC, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)   

1914  On December - 06 german troops over run Lodz   

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 this day in history.   

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.   

1917  On December - 06 finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)   

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 December - 06 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 December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on December - 06.   

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

1478  On this day in history birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  On December - 06 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 December - 06.   

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 December - 06.   

1352  On December - 06 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  On this day in history death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)