On this day in History - Dec. 6

0846 - Hasan al-Askari was born (d. 0874). Shia Imam
0963 - Leo VIII is elected pope.
1185 - King Afonso I of Portugal dies (b. 1109)
1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
1285 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile was born (d. 1312).
1352 - Pope Clement VI dies (b. 1291)
1383 - D. João, mestre de Avis, matou o conde Andeiro, nos aposentos da Rainha, no Paço de Lisboa, dando início ao período revolucionário que acabará em 1385, e o levou ao trono enquanto D. João I.
1421 - King Henry VI of England was born (d. 1471)
1478 - Baldassare Castiglione was born (d. 1529). Italian diplomat and author.
1534 - The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1537 - D.Duarte de Meneses was born. 15th vice-King of Índia.
1550 - Orazio Vecchi was born (baptism) (d. 1605). Italian composer.
1562 - Jan van Scorel dies. Dutch painter and architect
1586 - Niccolo Zucchi was born (d. 1670). Italian astronomer
1608 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle was born (d. 1670). English general.
1618 - Jacques-Davy Duperron dies (b. 1556). French cardinal.
1637 - Sir Edmund Andros was born (d. 1714). English governor in North America.
1640 - Claude Fleury was born (d. 1723). French historian.
1640 - Matthijs Elsevier dies. Flemish-Dutch book publisher and merchant.
1642 - Johann Christoph Bach was born (d. 1703). German composer.
1658 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales dies (b. 1601). Spanish writer.
1672 - King John II Casimir of Poland dies (b. 1609)
1675 - John Lightfoot dies (b. 1602). English churchman.
1718 - Nicholas Rowe dies (b. 1674). English poet and dramatist.
1721 - James Elphinston was born (d. 1809). British philologist.
1721 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes was born (d. 1794). French statesman.
1743 - Franz Nikolaus Novotny was born. Composer.
1746 - Lady Grizel Baillie dies (b. 1665). Scottish songwriter.
1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
1771 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni dies (b. 1682). Italian anatomist.
1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac was born (d. 1850). French physicist and chemist.
1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin dies (b. 1699). French painter.
1788 - Jonathan Shipley dies (b. 1714). British bishop and politician.
1790 - The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1792 - King William II of the Netherlands was born (d. 1849)
1805 - Adolf Reubke was born (d. 1875). German organ builder
1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin was born (d. 1861). French magician.
1820 - James Monroe, the 5th US president, was elected for a 2nd term.
1823- Friedrich Max Müller was born (d. 1900). German orientalist.
1833 - John Singleton Mosby was born (d. 1916). American Confederate guerrilla leader.
1841 - Frédéric Bazille was born (d. 1870). French painter.
1848 - Manuel Isidoro Belzu Humerez devient le dizième Président de la République de Bolivie.
1849 - August von Mackensen was born (d. 1945). German Field Marshal.
1849 - American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
1862 - President Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 of the 303 convicted Indians who participated in the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota.
1863 - Charles Martin Hall was born (d. 1914). American chemist.
1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
1867 - Jean Pierre Flourens dies (b. 1794). French physician.
1868 - August Schleicher dies (b. 1821). German linguist.
1872 - William S. Hart was born (d. 1946). American actor
1875 - Evelyn Underhill was born (d. 1941). British poet.
1877 - The Washington Post newspaper is first published.
1878 - Iosef Vissarionóvich Djugashvili (Josef Stalin) nasceu em 6 de dezembro de 1878 segundo algumas fontes e não em em 21 de dezembro de 1879, a data oficial - numa cabana em Gori, na Geórgia, uma província no Cáucaso.
1882 - Anthony Trollope dies (b. 1815). British author.
1882 - Alfred Escher dies (b. 1819). Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur.
1884 - The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.
1884 - Construction of the Washington Monument was completed.
1889 - Jefferson Davis dies (b. 1808). President of the Confederate States of America
1890 - Rudolf Schlichter was born (d. 1955). German artist and writer.
1892 - Sir Osbert Sitwell was born (d. 1969). British author.
1892 - Ernst Werner von Siemens dies (b. 1816). German inventor and industrialist.
1896 - Ira Gershwin was born (d. 1983). American lyricist.
1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt was born (d. 1995). German-born American photojournalist.
1898 - Gunnar Myrdal was born (d. 1987). Swedish economist and Nobel Prize laureate.
1900 - Agnes Moorehead was born (d. 1974). American actress.
1903 - Tony Lazzeri was born (d. 1946). American baseball player.
1905 - James J. Braddock was born (d. 1974). American boxer and World Heavyweight Champion.
1907 - A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers.
1908 - Pierre Graber was born (d. 2003). Swiss Federal Councilor
1913 - Eleanor Holm was born (d. 2004). American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
1913 - In Lisbon (Portugal) The Politeama Theater is inaugurated.
1917 - Kamal Jumblatt was born (d. 1977). Leader of the Lebanese Druze.
1917 - Finland declares its independence from Russia.
1917 - Halifax Explosion: In Canada, A munitions explosion kills more than 1900 people and destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1920 - Dave Brubeck was born. American pianist and composer
1920 - George Porter was born (d. 2002). British chemist and Nobel Prize laureate.
1921 - Otto Graham was born (d. 2003). American football player.
1921 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives
1922 - One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty the Irish Free State comes into existence.
1923 - A presidential address was broadcast on the radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge spoke before Congress.
1923 - Urbano Tavares Rodrigues was born. Portuguese writer.
1925 - Alves Reis foi preso, acusado de falsificar notas de 500 escudos, o que dará origem ao processo judicial conhecido como a «Grande Burla».
1926 - Claude [Oscar] Monet dies at Givenchy (b.1840). French painter (impressionist).
1928 - Bobby Van was born (d. 1980). American singer.
1929 - Alain Tanner was born. Swiss filmmaker
1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt was born. German conductor.
1929 - Women win rights to vote in Turkey.
1930 - Daniel Lisulo was born. Zambian prime minister.
1932 - Foi admitida na Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa a primeira grávida, chamava-se Glória Virgínia, tinha 18 anos, era natural de Tomar, coube-lhe o boletim nº1, viria a parir um rapaz com 3,500 Kg no dia 23 de Janeiro de 1933.Vidé História da Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa.
1933 - Henryk Górecki was born. Polish composer
1933 - António Augusto Chaby Pinheiro was born. Portuguese actor.
1933 - U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene.
1935 - Dessye palace, Ethiopia, is destroyed by Italian air raid.
1936 - David Ossman was born. American comedian
1939 - Liv Ullman, born Swedish actress
1941 - John Nelson was born in San José, Costa Rica. Conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz)
1942 - Peter Handke was born. Austrian writer
1945 - Larry Bowa was born. American baseball player
1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida, USA is dedicated.
1948 - JoBeth Williams was born. American actress
1948 - Keke Rosberg was born. Finnish race car driver and Formula 1 World Champion.
1949 - Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter) dies (b. 1885). American blues musician.
1949 - Joaquim Soeiro Pereira Gomes dies (b. 14 Apr 1909). Portuguese (neo-realist) writer (Esteiros)
1951 - Harold Ross dies (b. 1892). American magazine editor.
1952 - Rick Charlesworth was born. Australian cricketer, politician, hockey player, and coach
1953 - Tom Hulce was born. American actor
1953 - Gary Ward was born. American baseball player
1955 - Steven Wright was born. American comedian
1955 - Honus Wagner dies (b. 1874). American baseball player.
1956 - Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar dies (b. 1891). Indian Minister of Law.
1956 - Peter Buck was born. American guitarist (R.E.M.)
1956 - Randy Rhodes was born. American guitarist
1957 - Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite.
1958 - Xander Berkeley was born. American actor
1958 - Nick Park was born. British filmmaker and animator.
1961 - Frantz Fanon dies (b. 1925). West Indian psychiatrist and writer
1962 - Janine Turner was born. American actress
1969 - Meredith Hunter is killed by Hell's Angels during The Rolling Stones's concert at the Altamont speedway in California.
1971 - India recognized the Democratic Republic of Bangladesh and Pakistan broke off diplomatic relations. Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan following a 9-month war. Bangladesh later accused Pakistan of war atrocities that led to the death of some 3 million people during the 9-month war.
1971 - Richard Krajicek was born. Dutch tennis player.
1971 - Ryan White was born (d. 1990). American activist.
1973 - The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3).
1973 - Robert Alexander Watson-Watt dies. French physician.
1976 - João Goulart dies (b. 1918). President of Brazil
1977 - Zambian president Kenneth David Kaunda refuses to take part in UK-US discussions on majority rule in Rhodesia
1977 - South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana - not recognized by any other country.
1977 - Kevin Cash was born. American baseball player.
1977 - Andrew Flintoff was born. English test cricketer.
1978 - Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
1979 - Tim Cahill was born. Australian international footballer.
1980 - Steve Lovell was born. British footballer.
1982 - 11 soldiers and six civilians were killed when an Irish National Liberation Army bomb exploded in a pub in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland.
1983 - Maria Lamas dies (b. 1893). Portuguese writer and journalist.

1985 - Burr Tillstrom dies (b. 1917). American puppeteer.
1988 - Roy Orbison dies (b. 1936). American singer, guitarist and songwriter.
1989 - Frances Bavier dies (b. 1902). American actress.
1989 - École Polytechnique Massacre: Marc Lépine kills 14 young women in Montreal, Quebec.
1991 - Indépendance du Kazakhstan vis-à-vis de l'Union Soviétique.
1991 - Cláudio Torres, Portuguese archeologist is laureate with the Pessoa Prize.
1991 - In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege there since May.
1991 - Sir Richard Stone dies (b. 1913). British economist and Nobel Prize laureate.
1992 - In Ayodhya, India, Hindus belonging to the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party demolish the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque.
1992 - La Suisse refuse d'adhérer à l'Espace économique européen .
1993 - Elian Gonzalez was born. Cuban subject of child custody battle.
1993 - Don Ameche dies (b. 1908). American actor.
1994 - Sintra (Portugal) is aproved by UNESCO as world heritage.
1995 - Dmitri Antonovich Volkogonov dies (67). Ex-Soviet soldier and historian who wrote biographies of Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky based on archival material of the Soviet Union. From 1991 until his death he was the head of the Russian Archive Declassifying Commission.
1996 - Daylight is released, starring Sylvester Stallone.
1997 - A Russian Antonov AN-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
1997 - Billy Bremner dies (b. 1942). Scottish international footballer.
1998 - In Gabon Pres. Omar Bongo (63) won the election for a new 7-year term. He received 66% of the vote with clear ballot stuffing.
1998 - In Venezuela national presidential elections were scheduled. Hugo Chavez, a former army officer who staged a bloody coup attempt against the government six years earlier, won by a landslide.
1998 - Hugo Chavez elected president of Venezuela.
2000 - A European Union summit began in Nice to prepare for expansion to 27 or more members.
2001 - Sir Peter Blake dies (b. 1948). New Zealand sailor and environmentalist.
2002 - Philip Berrigan dies (b. 1923). American civil rights activist.
2002 - Actress Winona Ryder was sentenced to community service as part of a probationary term for stealing more than $5,500 worth of merchandise from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills, Califórnia.
2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio dies (b. 1918). President of Guatemala.
2003 - Jose María "Chava" Jiménez dies. Spanish professional cyclist
2003 - Jerry Tuite dies (b. 1966). American professional wrestler.
2003 - Ouverture de Lille 2004, capitale européenne de la culture.
2003 - Rosanna Davidson, Miss Irlande et fille du chanteur Chris de Burgh devient Miss Monde
2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, died, President of Guatemala 1970-74
2004 - Raymond Goethals dies (b. 1921). Belgian international football coach.
2004 - In Spain bombs injured at least 18 people in 7 cities following warnings from callers claiming to represent the Basque separatist group ETA.
Independence day in Finland
Spanish Constitution Day
Canada: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) Day in some European, mostly Roman Catholic, countries, and as Sinterklaas in southern parts of The Netherlands (see December 5)