Page 4: Historical Events In December - 06

1892  F Osbert S Sitwell, London, poet/writer (Out of the Flame) on December - 06.   

1892  On this day in history e Werner von Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75   

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

1896  On this day in history the birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George   

1896  D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura on December - 06.   

1896  Arnold Foster, composer on this day in history.   

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

1897  On this day in history john Axel Fernstrom, composer   

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 December - 06.   

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

1902  On this day in history virgilio Mortari, composer   

1903  On December - 06 sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders   

1903  On this day in history frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54   

1904  Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) on this day in history.   

1904  Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie on this day in history.   

1906  Agnes Moorehead, Clinton Mass, actress (Endora-Bewitched) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history china votes for universal human rights   

1913  On December - 06 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  On December - 06 german troops over run Lodz   

1914  Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener) on this day in history.   

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

1916  German army under Gen Mackensen occupies Bucharest on this day in history.   

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.   

1917  On this day in history finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)   

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.   

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  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on December - 06.   

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

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 December - 06 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  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 this day in history.   

1352  Clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies on this day in history.   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

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

1562  On this day in history jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on this day in history.