December 6 - This day in History

December 6: General Interest
1884: 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... read more


American Revolution
1777 : Whitemarsh skirmishes turn in Americans' favor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/whitemarsh-skirmishes-turn-in-americans-favor


Automotive
1976 : Deaf stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil sets women's land-speed record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/deaf-stuntwoman-kitty-oneil-sets-womens-land-speed-record


Civil War
1865 : The 13th Amendment is ratified
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified


Cold War
1987 : Protests against Soviet treatment of Jews take place in Washington and Moscow
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-against-soviet-treatment-of-jews-take-place-in-washington-and-moscow


Crime
1868 : Train robbers reach the end of the line
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/train-robbers-reach-the-end-of-the-line


Disaster
1917 : Ships explode in Canadian harbor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ships-explode-in-canadian-harbor


General Interest
1907 : The Monongah coal mine disaster
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-monongah-coal-mine-disaster

1917 : The Great Halifax Explosion
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-halifax-explosion

1921 : Irish Free State declared
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/irish-free-state-declared


Hollywood
2005 : Brokeback Mountain premieres
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/brokeback-mountain-premieres


Literary
1933 : Ulysses is ruled not obscene
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ulysses-is-ruled-not-obscene


Music
1969 : The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-altamont-festival-brings-the-1960s-to-a-violent-end


Old West
1749 : French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-canadian-explorer-la-verendrye-dies


Presidential
1884 : Monument to Washington completed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/monument-to-washington-completed


Sports
1992 : Jerry Rice scores record-breaking touchdown
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jerry-rice-scores-record-breaking-touchdown


Vietnam War
1961 : Operation Farm Gate combat missions authorized
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-farm-gate-combat-missions-authorized

1972 : Fighting continues in South Vietnam while negotiators talk in Paris
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fighting-continues-in-south-vietnam-while-negotiators-talk-in-paris


World War I
1917 : Munitions ship explodes in Halifax
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munitions-ship-explodes-in-halifax


World War II
1941 : Roosevelt to Japanese emperor: "Prevent further death and destruction"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roosevelt-to-japanese-emperor-prevent-further-death-and-destruction