12-06-2005, 06:42 AM
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December 6th
1768 ~ First edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published.
1884 ~ The Halifax Munitions Explosion killed more than 1900 people, and destroyed part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1884 ~ The Thirteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, banning slavery, was ratified.
1896 ~ Birthday of Ira Gershwin, Lyricist.
1920 ~ Birthday of Dave Brubeck, jazz musician.
1929 ~ Birthday of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor.
1933 ~ James Joyce’s novel Ulysses was judged not obscene.
1989 ~ Marc Lépine kills 14 young women in Montreal, Quebec.
1992 ~ In Ayodhya, India, right-wing Hindus demolished the Babri Masjid, a 16th century mosque.
2002 ~ Death of Philip Berrigan, civil rights activist.
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