12-06-2007, 12:27 PM
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December 6th
1768 ~ First edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published.
1884 ~ The Thirteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, banning slavery, was ratified.
1889 ~ Death of Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
1917 ~ A munitions explosion kills more than 1,900 people and destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1920 ~ Birthday of Dave Brubeck, jazz musician.
1929 ~ Birthday of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor.
1947 ~ Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated by President Truman.
1989 ~ Marc Lépine killed 14 women in Montreal, Quebec.
1992 ~ In Ayodhya, India, Hindus demolished the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque.
2002 ~ Death of Philip Berrigan, civil rights activist.
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