Thursday, December 6, 2012

December 6th in History


1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned King of Hungary.

1704 - Battle of Chamkaur.

1745 - Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.

1884 - The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.

1916 - World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

1917 - Finland declares independence from Russia.

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.

1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War.

1975 - The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

1982 - The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.

1991 - In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.

Famous Birthdays:

846 - Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam

1285 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile

1421 - King Henry VI of England

1685 - Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France

1792 - King William II of the Netherlands

1872 - William S. Hart, actor

1888 - Will Hay, comedian and actor

1942 - Peter Handke, writer

1947 - HSH Nikolaus Prince of Liechtenstein

1962 - Janine Turner, actress

1976 - Lindsay Price, actress

1982 - Ryan Carnes, actor

2000 - HE Don Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, ninth in the line of succession to the Spanish Throne,









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