6 December

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.

 Births 
 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

 Daiths 
 343 - Saunt Nicholas (b. circa 270)
 1352 - Pape Clement VI (b. 1291)
 1746 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scots sangwriter; b. 1665
 1799 - Joseph Black, Scots scientist (b. 1728)
 1889 - Jefferson Davis, Preses o the Confederate States o Americae (b. 1808)
 1956 - B. R. Ambedkar, Indie social reformer (b. 1891)
 1988 - Roy Orbison, American sangster (b. 1936)
 1993 - Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)

 Halidays 
 Saunt Nicholas Day
 Naitional Day o Finland
 Constitution Day (Spain)

Category:Days o the year