Daily Calendar for Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Died
- Jefferson Davis (served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War) –
- Roy Orbison (musician) –
- Don Ameche (actor) –
- Phillip Berrigan (priest who fought Vietnam War and nuclear weapons) –
Born
- Ira Gershwin (lyricist) –
- Agnes Moorehead (actress) –
- Steven Wright (comedian & actor) –
- Nick Park (filmmaker & animator) –
- Janine Turner (actress) –
- Sabrina Ionescu (basketball player) –
Events
- First international football game –
- Monongah, West Virginia, coal mine disaster killed 362 men. One of the worst in U.S. history –
- Ship explosion devastated Halifax, Nova Scotia –
- The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed, giving Ireland dominion status and establishing Irish Free State –
- President Truman dedicated Everglades National Park in Florida –
- The Burl Ives narrated holiday classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer made its television debut –
- Kitty Hambleton reached 512.71 mph land speed –
- Gunman kills 14 women at University of Montreal –
Weather
- Five inches of snow, Savannah, Georgia –
- A windstorm on this day toppled the national Christmas tree on the grounds of the White House –
- Strong storms spread 60 mph winds throughout northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio –
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