December 6

Today in History
• 1196 - Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolas Flood"
• 1424 - Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
• 1631 - 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
• 1732 - 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York
• 1735 - First recorded appendectomy performed at St George's Hospital in London
• 1790 - The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland for the 2nd and final time
• 1865 - 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Día de la Constitución
• Foundation of Quito Day
• Independence Day
• King Bhumibol’s Birthday
• National Miners Day
• Put on Your Own Shoes Day
• St Nicholas Day
• World Trick Shot Day

Birthdays
• 1285 - Ferdinand IV, King of Castile and León (1295-1312)
• 1421 - Henry VI of England, King of England (1422-61, 1470-71)
• 1637 - Edmund Andros, English governor in North America
• 1732 - Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84)
• 1752 - Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1811-35)
• 1792 - Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands, 1840-49
• 1814 - Juan Prim, Spanish general and politician (Prime Minister, 1869-70)
• 1822 - John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US