6TH
DECEMBER
NATIONAL DAY OF FINLAND.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST GERTRUDE THE ELDER; ST ABRAHAM OF
KRATIA; ST NICHOLAS OF BARI; ST ASELLA; & SAINTS DIONYSIA, MARJORICUS, & THEIR
COMPANIONS." |
| 6TH |
1768 |
FIRST EDITION OF "ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA" IS
PUBLISHED IN SCOTLAND. |
| 6TH |
1774 |
AUSTRIA BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO
ESTABLISH A STATE EDUCATION SYSTEM. |
| 6TH |
1854 |
MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED IN BALLARAT, VICTORIA, AFTER TROOPS
ATTACK MINERS AT EUREKA STOCKADE. |
| 6TH |
1877 |
"THOMAS EDISON" DEMONSRATES
THE FIRST SOUND RECORDING; RECITING, "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB." |
| 6TH |
1882 |
THE FIRST HOME SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICITY IS THAT OF AMERICAN,
"JOHN PIERPON MORGAN" WHICH IS WIRED FOR ELECTRICITY BY THE ‘EDISON
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY. |
| 6TH |
1907 |
361 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN
AMERICA’S WORST MINE DISASTER, IN MONONGAH, WEST VIRGINIA. |
| 6TH |
1917 |
THE FRENCH MUNITIONS SHIP ‘MONT BLANC’ EXPLODES
IN HALIFAX, KILLING 1,654. |
| 6TH |
1921 |
IRISH FREE STATE GAINS INDEPENDENCE
FROM BRITAIN. |
| 6TH |
1926 |
"MUSSOLINI" INTRODUCES A TAX ON AL ITALIAN
BACHELORS. |
| 6TH |
1956 |
"NELSON MANDELA" & 156
OTHERS ARE ARRESTED FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. |
| 6TH |
1957 |
THE FIRST U.S. ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH A SATELLITE FAILS, WHEN THE ‘VANGUARD’
ROCKET BLOWS UP. |
| 6TH |
1958 |
U.S. LUNAR PROBE ‘PIONEER
3’ FALLS BACK TO EARTH AFTER REACHING 107.269km. |
| 6TH |
1969 |
THE ROLLING STONES HELD AN ILL-FATED CONCERT AT
CALIFORNIA’S ALTAMONT SPEEDWAY, WHERE A FAN WAS BEATEN TO DEATH NEAR THE STAGE BY A
HELL’S ANGEL BODYGUARD HIRED BY THE BAND. |
| 6TH |
1980 |
U.S. TELEVISION PREACHER, "JIM
BAKKER" RAPES "JESSICA HAHN." |
| 6TH |
1982 |
U.S. SENATOR, "TED KENNEDY" & WIFE,
"JOAN" DIVORCE. |
| 6TH |
1983 |
A TEAM OF FRENCH DIVERS SET A DEPTH
RECORD IN EXCESS OF 4,500metres IN AN AUSTRALIAN CAVE. |
| 6TH |
1986 |
THE DATE SET FOR THE WEDDING BETWEEN ACTOR, ‘DEMI
MOORE’ & ‘EMILIO ESTEVEZ’ BEFORE SHE GOT COLD FEET & MARRIED
‘BRUCE WILLIS FOUR MONTHS LATER. |
| 6TH |
1997 |
THE RETRACTABLE LIGHTS AT ADELAIDE OVAL
ARE USED FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING A ONE DAY CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA & NEW
ZEALAND. |
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