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December 6th


- Christian Feast Day
- Christkind traditionally gives Christmas gifts on this day. (Central and Southern Europe)
- Constitution Day (Spain)
- Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917.
- National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)
- Saint Nicholas Day, where St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes. (International)
- Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Day (Sindh)

December 6th


- 1933 - U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1884 - The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.
- 2008 - The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the murder of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.
- 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.
- 2001 - The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
- 1998 - Hugo Chávez Frías, Venezuelan military officer and politician, is elected President of Venezuela.
- 1997 - A Russian Antonov An-124 transport cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
- 1992 - Extremist Hindu activists demolish Babri Masjid – a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya, India which had been used as a temple since , leading to widespread communal violence, including the Mumbai Riots, in all killing over 1500 people.
- 1991 - In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.
- 1989 - The École Polytechnique Massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
- 1988 - The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
- 1982 - Droppin Well bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonate a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.
- 1978 - Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- 1977 - South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
- 1975 - Balcombe Street Siege: An IRA Active Service Unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London.
- 1973 - The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States (on November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3).
- 1971 - Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi's recognition of Bangladesh.
- 1969 - Meredith Hunter is killed by the Hells Angels during a The Rolling Stones's concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
- 1965 - Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
- 1957 - Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
- 1956 - A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
- 1956 - Aged 14, swimmer Sandra Morgan becomes the youngest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.
- 1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
- 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War.
- 1922 - One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
- 1921 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
- 1917 - Finland declares independence from Russia.
- 1917 - Halifax Explosion: In Canada, a munitions explosion kills more than 1,900 people and destroys part of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- 1916 - World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
- 1907 - A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia kills 362 workers.
- 1897 - London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.
- 1877 - The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
- 1877 - Thomas Edison creates the first recording of a human voice, reciting "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
- 1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
- 1849 - American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
- 1845 - Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at Yale College.
- 1790 - The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopćdia Britannica is published.
- 1745 - Charles Edward Stewart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
- 1704 - Battle of Chamkaur
- 1648 - Colonel Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
- 1534 - The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
- 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary

December 6th


- 2000 - Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
- 1995 - Joy Gruttmann, German singer
- 1990 - Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player
- 1988 - Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian musician
- 1986 - Matt Niskanen, American hockey player
- 1985 - Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
- 1985 - Dulce María, Mexican actress and singer
- 1985 - Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
- 1985 - Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1984 - Syndric Steptoe, American football player
- 1982 - Ryan Carnes, American actor
- 1982 - Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
- 1982 - Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 - Robbie Gould, American football player
- 1982 - Susie Stoddart, Scottish racing driver
- 1980 - Steve Lovell, British footballer
- 1980 - Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player
- 1979 - Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
- 1978 - K. D. Aubert, American actress
- 1978 - Chris Basak, American baseball player
- 1978 - Darrell Jackson, American football player
- 1978 - Ramiro Pez, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
- 1977 - Kevin Cash, American baseball player
- 1977 - Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
- 1977 - Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
- 1976 - Colleen Haskell, American television personality
- 1976 - Alicia Machado, Venezuelan actress and Miss Universe
- 1976 - Lindsay Price, American actress
- 1975 - Noel Clarke, English actor and writer
- 1974 - Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist
- 1974 - Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 - Monica Santa Maria, Peruvian model and TV host (Nubeluz) (d. 1994)
- 1972 - Rick Short, American baseball player
- 1971 - José Contreras, Cuban baseball player
- 1971 - Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
- 1971 - Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese seiyuu
- 1971 - Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990)
- 1970 - Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer
- 1970 - Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
- 1970 - Adrian Fenty, mayor of Washington, D.C.
- 1970 - Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
- 1970 - Michaela Schaffrath, German actress
- 1969 - Torri Higginson, Canadian actress
- 1967 - Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer
- 1967 - Judd Apatow, American film director, and screenwriter
- 1967 - Lucia Rijker, Dutch boxer and actress
- 1966 - Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
- 1965 - Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer
- 1963 - Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor
- 1962 - Janine Turner, American actress
- 1961 - David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies)
- 1961 - Manuel Reuter, German race car driver
- 1959 - Satoru Iwata, Japanese president and CEO of Nintendo
- 1958 - Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator
- 1957 - Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (d. 1999)
- 1956 - Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
- 1956 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982)
- 1955 - Rick Buckler, British drummer (The Jam)
- 1955 - Steven Wright, American comedian
- 1953 - Gary Goodman, Australian cricket player
- 1953 - Tom Hulce, American actor
- 1953 - Gary Ward, American baseball player
- 1952 - Rick Charlesworth, Australian field hockey player
- 1952 - Craig Newmark, American founder of craigslist
- 1951 - Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager
- 1950 - Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
- 1950 - Sonia Manzano, American actress and writer
- 1949 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1949 - Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (d. 2007)
- 1949 - Bishop Gregory James Venables, Anglican Primate of the Southern Cone
- 1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver and one-time F1 world champion
- 1948 - Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and musician
- 1948 - JoBeth Williams, American actress
- 1947 - Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician
- 1947 - Miroslav Vitous, Czech jazz musician
- 1946 - Frankie Beverly, American singer, producer, songwriter and founder of the soul and funk unit Maze
- 1945 - Larry Bowa, American baseball player and Major League manager
- 1945 - Dan Harrington, American poker player
- 1945 - Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker
- 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer
- 1941 - Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)
- 1940 - Lawrence Bergman, Quebec politician
- 1940 - Richard Edlund, American special effects photographer
- 1940 - Fred Goldman, American father of Ronald Goldman
- 1938 - Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor
- 1937 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1936 - Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist
- 1936 - David Ossman, American comedian
- 1935 - Jean Lapointe, Quebec, singer and senator
- 1934 - Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler
- 1933 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer
- 1931 - Zeki Müren, Turkish, singer, actor, and composer (d. 1996)
- 1930 - Daniel Lisulo, Zambian Prime Minister of Zambia
- 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
- 1929 - Frank Springer, American comics artist
- 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
- 1928 - Bobby Van, American singer (d. 1980)
- 1924 - Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1922 - John Henry Cound Brunt, English soldier, Victoria Cross holder (d. 1944)
- 1922 - Benjamin A. Gilman, New York State politician & U.S. Congressman
- 1921 - Otto Graham, American football player (d. 2003)
- 1921 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer
- 1920 - George Porter, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
- 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian literary critic (d. 1983)
- 1917 - Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977)
- 1917 - Irv Robbins, Canadian-born American entrepreneur (d. 2008)
- 1916 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (d. 1986)
- 1916 - Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic curator of the National Museum of Iceland and 3rd president of Iceland (d. 1982)
- 1913 - Karl Haas, German-American music educator (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (d. 2004)
- 1908 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2003)
- 1908 - Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber (d. 1934)
- 1904 - Čve Curie, French writer (d. 2007)
- 1903 - Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946)
- 1900 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)
- 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photojournalist (d. 1995)
- 1898 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (d. 1987)
- 1896 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983)
- 1892 - Sir Osbert Sitwell, British author (d. 1969)
- 1890 - Dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946)
- 1890 - Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951)
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
- 1888 - Will Hay, English comedian and actor (d. 1949)
- 1887 - Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer (d. 1960)
- 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, American poet (d. 1918)
- 1876 - Fred Duesenberg, German-born automobile pioneer (d. 1932)
- 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941)
- 1872 - Arthur Henry Adams, Australian writer (d. 1936)
- 1872 - William S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946)
- 1863 - Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914)
- 1853 - Haraprasad Shastri, Indian Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931)
- 1849 - August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1841 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870)
- 1833 - John Singleton Mosby, American Confederate guerrilla leader (d. 1916)
- 1823 - Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900)
- 1812 - Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)
- 1805 - Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
- 1805 - Jean Eugčne Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
- 1792 - King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
- 1752 - Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1844)
- 1721 - James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809)
- 1721 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794)
- 1685 - Marie-Adélaďde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712)
- 1642 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
- 1640 - Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723)
- 1637 - Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)
- 1608 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (d. 1670)
- 1586 - Niccolň Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)
- 1550 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (baptism) (d. 1605)
- 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
- 1421 - King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
- 1285 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
- 846 - Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)