6th December anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1608
  • "Birth of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, English soldier and politician, key figure in the restoration of Charles II."
  • 1788
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Richard Barham, (nom de plume Thomas Ingoldsby) author of the Inglodsby Legends" more
  • 1908
  • "Birth of Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber ."
• event
  • 1768
  • The first edition of the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' published in Edinburgh by William Smellie
  • 1917
  • "a ship loaded with wartime explosives blew up after a collision, obliterating buildings and structures within two square kilometres of the explosion "
  • 1921
  • "Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in London, leading to the formation of the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland"
  • 1922
  • Irish Free State comes into existence
  • 1922
  • Anglo-Irish treaty is signed
  • 1933
  • United States
  • US federal judge John M. Woolsey ruled that James Joyce’s novel ‘Ulysses’ was not obscene.
  • 1983
  • "The first heart and lung transplant to be performed in Britain was carried out at Harefield Hospital, London by renowned surgeon Magdi Yacoub."
  • 1994
  • The Queen gave her approval for exploratory oil drilling to take place in the grounds of Windsor Castle
• Death
  • 1658
  • "Death of Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer ."
  • 1988
  • "Death of Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist and songwriter ."