This Day In History
December 06
French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies Whitemarsh skirmishes turn in Americans' favor The 13th Amendment is ratified Train robbers reach the end of the line Washington Monument completed Monument to Washington completed The Monongah coal mine disaster Ships explode in Canadian harbor The Great Halifax Explosion Munitions ship explodes in Halifax Irish Free State declared Ulysses is ruled not obscene Roosevelt to Japanese emperor: "Prevent further death and destruction" Operation Farm Gate combat missions authorized The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end Fighting continues in South Vietnam while negotiators talk in Paris Deaf stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil sets women's land-speed record Protests against Soviet treatment of Jews take place in Washington and Moscow Jerry Rice scores record-breaking touchdown Brokeback Mountain premieres
French-Canadian explorer La Verendrye dies Whitemarsh skirmishes turn in Americans' favor The 13th Amendment is ratified Train robbers reach the end of the line Washington Monument completed Monument to Washington completed The Monongah coal mine disaster Ships explode in Canadian harbor The Great Halifax Explosion Munitions ship explodes in Halifax Irish Free State declared Ulysses is ruled not obscene Roosevelt to Japanese emperor: "Prevent further death and destruction" Operation Farm Gate combat missions authorized The Altamont Festival brings the 1960s to a violent end Fighting continues in South Vietnam while negotiators talk in Paris Deaf stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil sets women's land-speed record Protests against Soviet treatment of Jews take place in Washington and Moscow Jerry Rice scores record-breaking touchdown Brokeback Mountain premieres
