This Day in History
06 Dec 1060
Bla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary
06 Dec 1160
Jean Bodels Jeu de St Nicholas premieres in Arras
06 Dec 1196
Northern Dutch coast flooded Saint-Nicolas Flood
06 Dec 1240
Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev out of 50000 people in the city only 2000 survive
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The Great Halifax Explosion
At 905 a.m. in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia the most devastating manmade explosion in the pre-atomic age occurs when the Mon...
Irish Free State declared
The Irish Free State comprising four-fifths of Ireland is declared ending a five-year Irish struggle for independence from Britain. Like other autonomous nat...
Washington Monument completed
On this day in 1884 in Washington D.C. workers place a nine-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble completing the construction of an impressive ...
Roosevelt to Japanese emperor: “Prevent further death and destructionâ€
On this day President Rooseveltconvinced on the basis of intelligence reports that the Japanese fleet is headed for Thailand not the United States...
Munitions ship explodes in Halifax
At 905 a.m. in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia the most devastating manmade explosion in the pre-atomic age occurs when the Mon...
Operation Farm Gate combat missions authorized
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff authorize combat missions by Operation Farm Gate pilots. With this order U.S. Air Force pilots were given the go-ahead to undertake ...
Fighting continues in South Vietnam while negotiators talk in Paris
Fighting in South Vietnam intensifies as the secret Paris peace talks resume after a 24-hour break. The renewed combat was a result of both sides trying to achi...
Jerry Rice scores record-breaking touchdown
On this day in 1992 Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers catches his 101st career touchdown reception breaking the record for most career touchdowns previous...
Monument to Washington completed
On this day in 1884 the nations architectural tribute to its founding father Revolutionary War hero and first president George Washington is complet...
French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies
In the midst of planning another expedition to search for the elusive Northwest Passage French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies at the age of sixty-four in ...
Ulysses is ruled not obscene
On this day a federal judge rules that Ulysses by James Joyce is not obscene. The book had been banned immediately in both the United States and England when i...
The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end
Altamont was the brainchild of the Rolling Stones who hoped to cap off their U.S. tour in late 1969 with a concert that would be the West Coast equivalent of W...
Brokeback Mountain premieres
On this day in 2005 Brokeback Mountain starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as a pair of cowboys who meet as sheep herders in Wyoming in 1963 and begin a...
Ships explode in Canadian harbor
On this day in 1917 a Belgian steamer and French freighter both loaded with ammunition explode in Canadas Halifax Harbor leveling part of the town a...
Train robbers reach the end of the line
A guard who had been shot by brothers Frank William and Simeon Reno during a train robbery in May dies of his wounds. His death so infuriated the public tha...
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