December, 6th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 06, 1997:
A Russian Antonov AN-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67

Sunday 06, 1992:
In Ayodhya, India, Hindus belonging to the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party demolish the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque.

Wednesday 06, 1989:
The cole Polytechnique Massacre: a man kills 14 young women in Montreal, Quebec.

Wednesday 06, 1978:
Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.

Tuesday 06, 1977:
not recognized by any other country

Saturday 06, 1969:
The Rolling Stoness concert at Altamont leads to the stabbing death of a concert-goer by Hell's Angels providing security.

Friday 06, 1957:
A launchpad explosion thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite (Project Vanguard).

Saturday 06, 1947:
Everglades National Park in Florida, USA is dedicated.

Wednesday 06, 1933:
U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene

Wednesday 06, 1922:
One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty the Irish Free State comes into existence.

Tuesday 06, 1921:
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by British and Irish representatives

Thursday 06, 1917:
Halifax Explosion kills more than 1900 people, destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Saturday 06, 1884:
Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.

Thursday 06, 1877:
First publication of the Washington Post newspaper.

Wednesday 06, 1865:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.

Thursday 06, 1849:
American freedom-fighter Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.

Monday 06, 1790:
U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tuesday 06, 1768:
First edition of the Encyclopdia Britannica is published.

Thursday 06, 1534:
Spanish found Quito, Ecuador.

Thursday 06, 1240:
Kiev falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.

Tuesday 06, 963:
Leo VIII is elected pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 06

1993:
Elian Gonzalez, Cuban refugee (b: December 6, 1993) (Biography of Elin Gonzlez)

1985:
Crown Prince Jakob Viktor Wytt of the German Empire. (b: December 6, 1985) (Biography of Crown Prince Jakob Viktor Wytt)

1977:
Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer (b: December 6, 1977) (Biography of Andrew Flintoff)
Kevin Cash, American baseball player (b: December 6, 1977) (Biography of Kevin Cash)

1971:
Ryan White, American activist (b: December 6, 1971 ; d: April 8, 1990) (Biography of Ryan White)
Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player (b: December 6, 1971) (Biography of Richard Krajicek)

1962:
Janine Turner, American actress (b: December 6, 1962) (Biography of Janine Turner)

1958:
Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator (b: December 6, 1958) (Biography of Nick Park)
Xander Berkeley, American actor (b: December 6, 1958) (Biography of Xander Berkeley)

1956:
Randy Rhodes, American musician (b: December 6, 1956) (Biography of Randy Rhodes)
Peter Buck, American musician (b: December 6, 1956) (Biography of Peter Buck)

1955:
Steven Wright, American comedian (b: December 6, 1955) (Biography of Steven Wright)

1953:
Tom Hulce, American actor (b: December 6, 1953) (Biography of Tom Hulce)
Gary Ward, American baseball player (b: December 6, 1953) (Biography of Gary Ward)

1948:
JoBeth Williams, American actress (b: December 6, 1948) (Biography of JoBeth Williams)
Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver (b: December 6, 1948) (Biography of Keke Rosberg)

1945:
Larry Bowa, American baseball player (b: December 6, 1945) (Biography of Larry Bowa)

1942:
Peter Handke, Austrian writer (b: December 6, 1942) (Biography of Peter Handke)

1936:
David Ossman, American comedian (b: December 6, 1936) (Biography of David Ossman)

1933:
Henryk Grecki, Polish composer (b: December 6, 1933) (Biography of Henryk Grecki)

1930:
Daniel Lisulo, Zambian prime minister (b: December 6, 1930 ; d: August 21, 2000) (Biography of Daniel Lisulo)

1929:
Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker (b: December 6, 1929) (Biography of Alain Tanner)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor (b: December 6, 1929) (Biography of Nikolaus Harnoncourt)

1928:
Bobby Van, American singer (b: December 6, 1928) (Biography of Bobby Van)

1921:
Otto Graham, American football player (b: December 6, 1921 ; d: December 17, 2003) (Biography of Otto Graham)

1920:
Dave Brubeck, American musician (b: December 6, 1920) (Biography of Dave Brubeck)

1917:
Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (b: December 6, 1917 ; d: March 16, 1977) (Biography of Kamal Jumblatt)

1913:
Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b: December 6, 1913 ; d: January 31, 2004) (Biography of Eleanor Holm)

1908:
Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b: December 6, 1908 ; d: July 19, 2003) (Biography of Pierre Graber)

1905:
James J. Braddock, American boxer (b: December 6, 1905) (Biography of James J. Braddock)

1903:
Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (b: December 6, 1903 ; d: August 6, 1946) (Biography of Tony Lazzeri)

1900:
Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b: December 6, 1900 ; d: April 30, 1974) (Biography of Agnes Moorehead)

1898:
Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photojournalist (b: December 6, 1898 ; d: August 24, 1995) (Biography of Alfred Eisenstaedt)

1896:
Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (b: December 6, 1896 ; d: August 17, 1983) (Biography of Ira Gershwin)

1890:
Sir Osbert Sitwell, English author (b: December 6, 1890 ; d: May 4, 1969) (Biography of Osbert Sitwell)
Rudolf Schlichter, German painter, graphic artist, and writer (b: December 6, 1890) (Biography of Rudolf Schlichter)

1886:
Joyce Kilmer, American poet (b: December 6, 1886 ; d: July 30, 1918) (Biography of Joyce Kilmer)

1875:
Evelyn Underhill, English poet (b: December 6, 1875 ; d: June 15, 1941) (Biography of Evelyn Underhill)

1872:
William S. Hart, American actor (b: December 6, 1872) (Biography of William S. Hart)

1863:
Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (b: December 6, 1863 ; d: December 27, 1914) (Biography of Charles Martin Hall)

1849:
August von Mackensen, German Field Marshal (b: December 6, 1849 ; d: November 8, 1945) (Biography of August von Mackensen)

1841:
Frdric Bazille, French painter (b: December 6, 1841 ; d: November 28, 1870) (Biography of Frdric Bazille)

1833:
John Singleton Mosby, American Confederate guerrilla leader (b: December 6, 1833) (Biography of John Singleton Mosby)

1823:
Friedrich Max Mller, German orientalist (b: December 6, 1823) (Biography of Max_Mller)

1805:
Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (b: December 6, 1805) (Biography of Adolf Reubke)
Jean Eugne Robert-Houdin, French magician (b: December 6, 1805) (Biography of Jean Eugne Robert-Houdin)

1792:
King William II of the Netherlands (b: December 6, 1792 ; d: March 17, 1849) (Biography of William II of the Netherlands)

1778:
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (b: December 6, 1778) (Biography of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac)

1642:
Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b: December 6, 1642 ; d: March 31, 1703) (Biography of Johann Christoph Bach)

1640:
Claude Fleury, French historian (b: December 6, 1640 ; d: July 14, 1723) (Biography of Claude Fleury)

1637:
Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b: December 6, 1637 ; d: February 24, 1714) (Biography of Edmund Andros)

1608:
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (b: December 6, 1608 ; d: January 3, 1670) (Biography of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle)

1586:
Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b: December 6, 1586 ; d: May 21, 1670) (Biography of Niccolo Zucchi)

1550:
Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (b: December 6, 1550 ; d: February 19, 1605) (Biography of Orazio Vecchi)

1478:
Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (b: December 6, 1478 ; d: February 2, 1529) (Biography of Baldassare Castiglione)

1421:
King Henry VI of England (b: December 6, 1421) (Biography of Henry VI of England)

1285:
King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b: December 6, 1285 ; d: September 7, 1312) (Biography of Ferdinand IV of Castile)

846:
Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (b: December 6, 846 ; d: January 1, 874) (Biography of Hasan al-Askari)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-december/births.html

[vicki]

December 6, 1971~Vicki was born

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Happy Birthday vicki !

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Happy Birthday

[vicki]

Thank you~ Very Very much!!

[Spiritus Temporis]

They left us on December 06

2004:
Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (b: October 7, 1921 ; d: December 6, 2004) (Biography of Raymond Goethals)

2003:
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b: July 17, 1918 ; d: December 6, 2003) (Biography of Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio)
Jerry Tuite (d: December 6, 2003) (Biography of Jerry Tuite)

2002:
Philip Berrigan (d: December 6, 2002) (Biography of Philip Berrigan)

2001:
Peter Blake (yachtsman) (d: December 6, 2001) (Biography of Peter Blake (yachtsman))

1997:
Billy Bremner (d: December 6, 1997) (Biography of Billy Bremner)

1993:
Don Ameche, American actor (b: May 31, 1908 ; d: December 6, 1993) (Biography of Don Ameche)

1989:
Frances Bavier, American actress (b: December 14, 1902 ; d: December 6, 1989) (Biography of Frances Bavier)

1988:
Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (b: April 23, 1936 ; d: December 6, 1988) (Biography of Roy Orbison)

1985:
Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b: October 13, 1917 ; d: December 6, 1985) (Biography of Burr Tillstrom)

1976:
João Goulart, President of Brazil (b: March 1, 1918 ; d: December 6, 1976) (Biography of João Goulart)

1961:
Frantz Fanon (d: December 6, 1961) (Biography of Frantz Fanon)

1956:
Ambedkar (d: December 6, 1956) (Biography of Ambedkar)

1955:
Honus Wagner, baseball player (b: February 24, 1874 ; d: December 6, 1955) (Biography of Honus Wagner)

1951:
Harold Ross, American editor (b: November 6, 1892 ; d: December 6, 1951) (Biography of Harold Ross)

1949:
Leadbelly, American musician (b: January 29, 1885 ; d: December 6, 1949) (Biography of Leadbelly)

1892:
Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor and industrialist (b: December 13, 1816 ; d: December 6, 1892) (Biography of Ernst Werner von Siemens)

1889:
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b: June 3, 1808 ; d: December 6, 1889) (Biography of Jefferson Davis)

1882:
Anthony Trollope, English novelist (b: April 24, 1815 ; d: December 6, 1882) (Biography of Anthony Trollope)

1868:
August Schleicher, German linguist (b: February 19, 1821 ; d: December 6, 1868) (Biography of August Schleicher)

1779:
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b: November 2, 1699 ; d: December 6, 1779) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin)

1771:
Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b: February 25, 1682 ; d: December 6, 1771) (Biography of Giovanni Battista Morgagni)

1746:
Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b: December 25, 1665 ; d: December 6, 1746) (Biography of Lady Grizel Baillie)

1718:
Nicholas Rowe (dramatist) (d: December 6, 1718) (Biography of Nicholas Rowe (dramatist))

1675:
John Lightfoot, English churchman (b: March 29, 1602 ; d: December 6, 1675) (Biography of John Lightfoot)

1672:
King John II Casimir of Poland (b: March 22, 1609 ; d: December 6, 1672) (Biography of John II Casimir of Poland)

1658:
Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (b: January 8, 1601 ; d: December 6, 1658) (Biography of Baltasar Gracián y Morales)

1618:
Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b: November 15, 1556 ; d: December 6, 1618) (Biography of Jacques-Davy Duperron)

1562:
Jan van Scorel (d: December 6, 1562) (Biography of Jan van Scorel)

1352:
Pope Clement VI (d: December 6, 1352) (Biography of Pope Clement VI)

1185:
King Afonso I of Portugal (b: July 25, 1109 ; d: December 6, 1185) (Biography of Afonso I of Portugal)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/06-december/deaths.html