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December 6 in recent years ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year ... 1929 – Frank Springer, American comic book illustrator (d. 2009)
Mont-Blanc started moving at 7:30 am on 6 December and was the second ship to enter the harbour as the anti-submarine net between Georges Island and Pier 21 opened for the morning. [38] Mont-Blanc headed towards Bedford Basin on the Dartmouth side of the harbour.
One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey ruled that James Joyce's novel Ulysses was not obscene, allowing it to be imported into the United States. 1941 – The British Secret Intelligence Service established a facility known as Camp X (pictured) in Ontario , Canada, to train covert agents in clandestine operations .
Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans; Four people die at a free Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California; America's first attempt to put a satellite into orbit fails ...
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" [1] and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of ...
1852 – Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I. 1940 – The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.
Luckily, the Morning Show star, 48, just added to my growing collection of must-read books. Today, Witherspoon shared her December pick for Reese’s Book Club: City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim.
Saint Nicholas Day, also called the "Feast of Saint Nicholas", observed on 6 December (or on its eve on 5 December) in Western Christian countries, and on 19 December in Eastern Christian countries using the old church Calendar, is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra; it falls within the season of Advent. [3]