6 December

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The 6t o December is the 340t day o the year (341t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 25 days bidin.

Events

1534 - The ceety o Quito is foondit.
1865 - Georgie ratifies the 13nt Amendment tae the Unitit States Constitution.
1877 - The Washington Post newspaper is published for the first time.
1884 - The Washington Monument is completit.
1907 - A coal mine splosion in Monongoah, Wast Virginie, kills 362.
1916 - David Lloyd George becomes Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick.
1917 - Finland declares unthirldom frae Roushie.
1917 - Naur Halifax, Nova Scotia, a Norse vessel collides wi a French cargo ship laden wi splosives, causin a splosion that kills aroond 1,900 fowk.
1921 - The Anglo-Erse Treaty is signed in Lunnon by Breetish an Erse representatives.
1922 - The Erse Free State comes intae existence.
1947 - The Everglades Naitional Pairk in Florida is creatit.
1971 - Pakistan ends ties wi Indie.
1973 - The Unitit States Hoose o Representatives confirms Gerald Ford as US Vice Preses.
1978 - Maist voters in Spain approve a new constitution in a referendum.
1998 - Hugo Chávez is electit Preses o Venezuela.
2005 - David Cameron becomes leader o the Breetish Conservative Pairty.
2011 - Elio Di Rupo becomes Prime meenister o Belgium.
2013 - The draw is made for the 2014 FIFA Warld Cup.
2017 - US Preses Donald Trump offeecially recognises Jerusalem as the caipital ceety o Israel.

1421 - Henry VI o Ingland (d. 1471)
1721 - James Elphinston, Scots eddcator, orthografer, phonologist an lingueestics expert (d. 1809)
1792 - William II o the Netherlands (d. 1849)
1841 - Frédéric Bazille, French penter (d. 1870)
1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer (d. 1995)
1898 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swadish economist, sociologist an politeecian (d. 1987)
1916 - Kristján Eldjárn, 3rd Preses o Iceland (d. 1982)
1933 - Henryk Górecki, Pols componer (d. 2010)
1942 - Peter Handke, Austrick writer
1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish racin driver
1948 - Yoshihide Suga, Prime meenister o Japan
1957 - Andrew Cuomo, American politeecian
1958 - Nick Park, Inglis animator, director an producer
1959 - Satoru Iwata, Japanese video gemme programmer (d. 2015)
1965 - Gordon Durie, Scots fitbawer
1977 - Grant Brebner, Scots fitbawer
1979 - Tim Cahill, Australie fitbawer
1982 - Alberto Contador, Spaingie cyclist
1982 - Susie Wolff, Scots racin driver
1990 - Tamira Paszek, Austrick tennis player