Friday, December 6, 2013
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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