Page 4: 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  D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura on this day in history.   

1896  Arnold Foster, composer on December - 06.   

1897  On December - 06 london becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.   

1897  On December - 06 john Axel Fernstrom, composer   

1898  On this day in history alfred Eisenstaedt, photo journalist   

1899  Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith on December - 06.   

1900  On December - 06 agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas born   

1900  On this day in history journalist and parliamentary reporter Alphonse Desjardins founds North Amberica's first credit union in Levis Quebec   

1902  Virgilio Mortari, composer on December - 06.   

1903  On this day in history sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders   

1903  Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54 on December - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1907  Coal mine explosions in Monongah WV, kills 361 on December - 06.   

1907  On December - 06 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  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 this day in history german troops over run Lodz   

1914  On December - 06 cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener)   

1914  On December - 06 eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47   

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

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 December - 06.   

1918  Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner on this day in history.   

1920  Dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice) on this day in history.   

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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  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  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

1608  On December - 06 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  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 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 December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

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

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.