What Happened on December 6
Historical Events
- 1240 Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev; out of 50,000 people in the city only 2,000 survive
- 1865 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery
- 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
- 1998 Hugo Chávez is elected President of Venezuela
- 2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars
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Dec 6 in Film & TV
- 2002 "Adaptation" directed by Spike Jonze, starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep premieres
Dec 6 in Music
- 1969 300,000 attend Altamont free concert in California, featuring The Rolling Stones. Marred by violence and four deaths.
Dec 6 in Sport
- 1992 San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown in a 27-3 win over Miami Dolphins at Candlestick Park
Did You Know?
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
John Singleton Mosby
Joyce Kilmer
Dion Fortune
Agnes Moorehead
Stefanie Scott
Would You Believe?
Thomas Edison records himself reciting "Mary had a little lamb"
On December 6, 1877
Famous Weddings
- 1491 King Charles VIII of France (21) marries Anna Duchess of Brittany (14) giving France control over Brittany
- 1630 Painter Peter Paul Rubens (53) marries his second wife Helena (16) Fourment and the inspiration for his voluptuous female figures, in Antwerp
- 1930 Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia
Famous Divorces
- 1938 Actress Bette Davis (30) divorces musician Harmon Nelson (31) due to cruel and inhuman manner after more than 6 years of marriage
- 1982 US Senator Ted & Joan Kennedy divorce
- 1988 Actor and comedian Robin Williams (37) divorces Valerie Velardi after 10 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Saint Nicholas
Jefferson Davis
Werner von Siemens
Lead Belly
Honus Wagner
Tunku Abdul RahmanArticles, Photos and Quiz
St Nicholas – The Man Behind Santa Claus
Saint Nicholas died on this day but happily the tradition associated with him of giving gifts to others, especially children, has survived the centuries.
December 6, 343 ADAnglo-Irish Treaty
Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
December 6, 1921Weekly Quiz for December 2 - 8
What did FDR call Pearl Harbor in a speech to Congress a day after the attack? What was patented in the US in 1909 sparking the birth of the plastics industry?
