December 6

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 6. From 1900 until now. December 6 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Dave Brubeck (1920), Estelle Denis (1976) and Stéphane Guillon (1963). Several movies were released around December 6 over the years, such as Life Is Beautiful in 1997 directed by Roberto Benigni and Witness for the Prosecution in 1957 directed by Billy Wilder.
But much more happened on December 6 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Spain - Constitution Day
Belgium and the Netherlands celebrate Sinterklaas, a day on which a skinny version of Santa Claus gives the children oranges, candy and toys.
Finland - Finland Independence Day (from Russia, 1917)
Canada - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Also see December 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
R.C. Saints - optional memorial of Saint Nicholas
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Events

2018 A car bomb explodes near a police post in Chabahar, Iran. Two police officers are pronounced dead and around 40 people were wounded in the attack. Islamic militant group Ansar Al-Furqan claims responsibility. Iran accuses the perpetrators of being "foreign-backed terrorists". (Middle East Eye)
2017 Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War: President Vladimir Putin declares victory over the Islamic State terror group across both banks of the river Euphrates. (TASS)The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that Russian air strikes kill 21 people in a village on the eastern side of the Euphrates river in Deir al-Zor province. (Reuters)
2016 Six Pakistani nationals fishing in the Red Sea, off the coast of Mocha in the Taiz Governorate of Yemen, are killed and another six are unaccounted for after a Saudi air raid on a boat carrying 12 Pakistani sailors. (The News), (The Nation, Pakistan)
2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): Jaafar Mohammed Saad, the governor of Yemen's southern Aden Governorate, along with six guards, are killed by a suicide bomber in the port city of Aden. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters) (BBC)
2014 2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen: An American civilian and a South African civilian die during an attempt to rescue them by U.S. Navy SEALs in Yemen. They were being held hostage by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. (CNN)
2013 Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen:: The Yemeni Defense Ministry regains control of their military compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing 11 militants in the process. (Reuters)
2012 2012 Egyptian protests:: At least 7 people are killed and more than 770 are injured during clashes between supporters and opponents of the President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo. The Egyptian Army deploys several tanks and armoured troop carriers to secure the building. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
2011 Afghanistan terror attacks
2010 Somali pirates hijack a Bangladeshi cargo ship off the coast of India. (BBC) (Straits Times) (Capital FM Kenya)
2009 Flamengo wins its sixth Brazilian national football title, following a 2-1 win over Grêmio in the last round of 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. (Globo)
2008 US heiress Martha "Sunny" von Bulow dies at age 76 in New York, following 28 years in a coma.
2007 The death toll rises to 104 in a northern China coal mine gas blast. (''China Daily'')
2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2005 Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
2004 Terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing several people.
2003 Australian Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett stands aside after allegedly assaulting Liberal Jeannie Ferris on the floor of Parliament.
2002 The Chechen separatist Akhmed Zakayev has returned to London, where he is expected to seek asylum. He was arrested but released soon afterwards on bail paid by Vanessa Redgrave.
2001 The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
2000 Infogrames of France acquires Hasbro Interactive of the USA for US$5 million cash and US$95 million in stock.
1998 JC Penney Golf Classic
1996 Mashonaland defeats England in first-class tour match.
1995 6th Billboard Music Awards
1994 Maltese Falcon auctioned for US$398,590.
1993 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7 13.29.
1992 Dottie Mochrie / Dan Forsmann wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1991 Les Miserables opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen
1990 Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages.
1989 Frances Bavier, American actress (Aunt Bee - The Andy Griffith Show) dies at age 86 (born 1902).
1988 Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles
1987 Jane Crafter / Steve Jones wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1986 52nd Heisman Trophy Award: Vinny Testaverde, Miami Florida (quarterback).
1985 United Kingdom joins US Strategic Defence Initiative project.
1984 Hijackers aboard Kuwaiti jetliner kill second hostage.
1983 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, killing six Israelis.
1982 Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed
1981 Rob de Castella of Australia sets marathon record at 2:08:18.
1980 Jim Bakker rapes Jessica Hahn
1979 The world premiere for ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
1978 Spain adopts constitution.
1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich, Switzerland.
1975 Sen Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry
1974 George Harrison releases Ding Dong, Ding Dong
1973 Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected US Vice-President, succeeds Spiro T Agnew.
1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
1970 Cleveland Cavaliers' first NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106.
1969 Buck White closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 7 performances
1968 WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
1967 Adrian Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States.
1966 Polio vaccination becomes obligatory in Belgium.
1964 KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program.
1961 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB).
1960 AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels
1958 US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back.
1957 AFL-CIO votes to expel Teamsters (readmitted in October 1987).
1956 Happy Hunting opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 413 performances
1955 New York psychologist Joyce Brothers wins TV's "$64,000 Question" on boxing.
1954 Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt.
1953 With the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini performs what he claims is his favorite Beethoven symphony, ''Eroica'', for the last time. The live performance is broadcast nationwide on radio, and later released on records and CD.
1951 A state of emergency is declared in Egypt due to increasing riots.
1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
1947 The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
1944 US 95th Infantry division reaches German Westwall.
1942 RAF bombs Philips factory (150 die)
1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore.
1940 Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter / poster artist Helen Ernst
1939 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB).
1938 117 Spanish knights under Captain Piet Laros return to the Netherlands
1933 U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
1930 Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia
1929 Turkey introduces female suffrage.
1928 The government of Colombia sent military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
1925 Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy).
1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1922 One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland.
1917 French munition ship Mont Blanc explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700
1916 German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest.
1912 China votes for universal human rights.
1907 A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers.
1904 Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary).
1903 Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders.
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