Historical Events In December - 06

1996  On this day in history bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant, dies at 83   

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  7 people are killed and 770 injured during Egyptian protests on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 06 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  US President Donald Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, announcing plans to move US embassy there on this day in history.   

2017  Skirball wildfire near Los Angeles closes the Interstate 405 as thousands forced to evacuate on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history andrej BabiÅ¡ is sworn as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic   

2017  Britain's top Brexit negotiator David Davis admits there has been "no systematic impact assessment" on effects of Brexit on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history the United States officially recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital.   

2018  Senegal's new Museum of Black Civilisations is opened in Dakar by President Macky Sall on December - 06.   

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

2018  On this day in history 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  On December - 06 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]   

2021  On December - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

2023  Google DeepMind releases the Gemini Language Model. Gemini will act as a foundational model integrated into Google's existing tools, including search and Bard on this day in history.   

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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  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 December - 06.   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.   

1586  On this day in history birth of niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)   

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) was born on December - 06.   

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  Death of John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

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