December 6 Events 963 - Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome . 1060 - Béla I is crowned king of Hungary . 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan . 1534 - The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar . 1648 - Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England , in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge". 1704 - Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. 1745 - Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising . 1790 - The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia . 1846 - American and Californio forces clash at the Battle of San Pasqual . 1865 - Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 1877 - The first edition of The Washington Post is published. 1882 – Transit of Venus , second and last of the 19th century . 1884 - The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed. 1897 - London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. 1904 - Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine , stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. 1907 - A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia , kills 362 workers. 1912 - The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. 1916 - World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest . 1917 - Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia . 1917 - Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time . 1917 - World War I: is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine. 1921 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. 1922 - One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence. 1928 - The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. 1933 - U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene. 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War . Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War. 1942 – World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews . Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered. 1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated. 1953 - Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita . 1956 - A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 . 1957 - Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. 1967 - Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. 1969 - Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones , eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards. 1971 - Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 . 1973 - The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States . 1975 - The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege . 1977 - South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana , although it is not recognized by any other country. 1978 - Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. 1982 - The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland , killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. 1989 - The École Polytechnique massacre : Marc Lépine , an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal . 1991 - Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia , forces of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city for seven months. 1992 - The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya , India, is demolished , leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people. 1995 - Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain , killing 98. 1997 - A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk , Siberia , killing 67. 1998 - in Venezuela , Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections. 1999 - A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster , Inc. : The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement . 2005 - An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran , killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground . 2006 - NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars . 2015 - 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. 2017 - Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel .Births 846 - Hasan al-Askari , Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams 1285 - Ferdinand IV of Castile 1421 - Henry VI of England 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione , Italian courtier, diplomat, and author 1520 - Barbara Radziwiłł , queen of Poland 1545 - Janus Dousa , Dutch historian and noble 1586 - Niccolò Zucchi , Italian astronomer and physicist 1592 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle 1608 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1637 - Edmund Andros , English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York 1640 - Claude Fleury , French historian and author 1642 - Johann Christoph Bach , German organist and composer 1685 - Marie Adélaïde of Savoy 1721 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French minister and politician 1721 - James Elphinston , Scottish philologist and linguist 1752 - Gabriel Duvall , American jurist and politician 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac , French physicist and chemist 1792 - William II of the Netherlands 1803 - Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony 1805 - Richard Hanson , English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin , French magician 1812 - Robert Spear Hudson , English businessman and philanthropist 1823 - Max Müller , German-English philologist and orientalist 1827 - William Arnott , Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits 1833 - John S. Mosby, American colonel 1835 - Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig , German chemist 1841 - Frédéric Bazille , French painter and soldier 1848 - Johann Palisa , Austrian astronomer 1849 - August von Mackensen , German field marshal 1853 - Hans Molisch , Czech-Austrian botanist and academic 1853 - Haraprasad Shastri , Indian historian and scholar 1863 - Charles Martin Hall , American chemist and engineer 1872 - Arthur Henry Adams , Australian journalist and author 1872 - William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1875 - Albert Bond Lambert , American golfer and pilot 1875 - Evelyn Underhill , English mystic and author 1876 - Fred Duesenberg , German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company 1878 - Elvia Carrillo Puerto , Mexican politician 1882 - Warren Bardsley , Australian cricketer 1884 - Cornelia Meigs , American author, playwright, and academic 1886 - Joyce Kilmer , American soldier, author, and poet 1887 - Lynn Fontanne , British actress 1887 - Joseph Lamb , American pianist and composer 1888 - Will Hay , English actor, director, and screenwriter 1890 - Dion Fortune , Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author 1890 - Yoshio Nishina , Japanese physicist and academic 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter , German painter and illustrator 1892 - Osbert Sitwell , English-Italian captain, poet, and author 1893 - Homer N. Wallin, American admiral 1893 - Sylvia Townsend Warner , English author and poet 1896 - Ira Gershwin , American songwriter 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt , German-American photographer and journalist 1898 - John McDonald , Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria 1898 - Gunnar Myrdal , Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate 1898 - Winifred Lenihan , American actress, writer, and director 1900 - Agnes Moorehead , American actress 1901 - Eliot Porter , American photographer and academic 1903 - Tony Lazzeri , American baseball player and manager 1904 - Ève Curie , French-American journalist and pianist 1905 - Elizabeth Yates , American journalist and author 1907 - John Barkley Rosser Sr., American logician 1908 - Pierre Graber , Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation 1908 - Baby Face Nelson , American gangster 1908 - Miklós Szabó , Hungarian runner 1908 - Herta Freitag , Austrian-American mathematician 1909 - Rulon Jeffs , American religious leader 1909 - Alan McGilvray , Australian cricketer and sportscaster 1910 - David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic 1913 - Karl Haas , German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host 1913 - Eleanor Holm , American swimmer and actress 1914 - Cyril Washbrook , English cricketer 1916 - Yekaterina Budanova , Russian captain and pilot 1916 - Kristján Eldjárn , Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland 1916 - Hugo Peretti , American songwriter and producer 1917 - Dean Hess , American minister and colonel 1917 - Kamal Jumblatt , Lebanese lawyer and politician 1917 - Irv Robbins , Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins 1918 - Tauba Biterman , Polish Holocaust survivor 1919 - Skippy Baxter , Canadian-American figure skater and coach 1919 - Paul de Man , Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist 1920 - Dave Brubeck , American pianist and composer 1920 - Peter Dimmock , English sportscaster and producer 1920 - George Porter , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1921 - Otto Graham , American football player and coach 1921 - Piero Piccioni , Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer 1922 - John Brunt , English captain, Victoria Cross recipient 1922 - Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician 1924 - Wally Cox , American actor 1927 - Jim Fuchs , American shot putter and discus thrower 1928 - Bobby Van , American actor, dancer, and singer 1929 - Philippe Bouvard , French journalist and radio host 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt , German-Austrian cellist and conductor 1929 - Frank Springer , American author and illustrator 1929 - Alain Tanner , Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter 1930 - Daniel Lisulo , Zambian banker and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia 1931 - Zeki Müren , Turkish singer-songwriter and actor 1932 - Kamleshwar , Indian author, screenwriter, and critic 1933 - Henryk Górecki , Polish composer and academic 1933 - Donald J. Kutyna, American general 1934 - Nick Bockwinkel , American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor 1935 - Jean Lapointe , Canadian actor, singer, and politician 1936 - Bill Ashton , English saxophonist and composer 1936 - David Ossman , American writer and comedian 1936 - Kenneth Copeland , American evangelist and author 1937 - Alberto Spencer , Ecuadorian-American soccer player 1938 - Patrick Bauchau , Belgian-American actor 1939 - Franco Carraro , Italian politician and sports administrator 1940 - Lawrence Bergman , Canadian lawyer and politician 1940 - Richard Edlund , American visual effects designer and cinematographer 1941 - Helen Cornelius , American country singer-songwriter and actress 1941 - Richard Speck , American murderer 1941 - Bruce Nauman , American sculptor and illustrator 1941 - Bill Thomas , American academic and politician 1942 - Peter Handke , Austrian author and playwright 1942 - Robb Royer , American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter 1943 - Mike Smith , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1943 - Keith West , English rock singer-songwriter and music producer 1944 - Jonathan King , English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur, television/radio presenter, and convicted sex offender 1944 - Ron Kenoly , American Christian worship leader singer and songwriter 1945 - Larry Bowa , American baseball player and manager 1945 - Dan Harrington , American lawyer and poker player 1945 - Shekhar Kapur , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter 1946 - Frankie Beverly , American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer 1946 - Willy van der Kuijlen , Dutch footballer and manager 1947 - Lawrence Cannon , Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1947 - Henk van Woerden , Dutch-South African painter and author 1947 - Miroslav Vitouš , Czech-American bassist and songwriter 1948 - Jean-Paul Ngoupandé , Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic 1948 - Don Nickles , American businessman and politician 1948 - Keke Rosberg , Finnish race car driver 1948 - JoBeth Williams , American actress 1949 - Linda Barnes , American author, playwright, and educator 1949 - Linda Creed , American singer-songwriter 1949 - Doug Marlette , American author and cartoonist 1949 - Peter Willey , English cricketer and umpire 1950 - Guy Drut , French hurdler and politician 1950 - Joe Hisaishi , Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor 1950 - Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke , Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland 1951 - Wendy Ellis Somes , English ballerina and producer 1951 - Maurice Hope , Caribbean-English boxer 1952 - Chuck Baker , American baseball player 1952 - Nicolas Bréhal , French author and critic 1952 - Joe Harris , American football player 1952 - Craig Newmark , American computer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist 1952 - Charles Salvador , English boxer and criminal 1952 - Shio Satō , Japanese illustrator 1952 - Jeff Schneider , American baseball player 1952 - David L. Spector, American biologist and academic 1953 - Sue Carroll , English journalist 1953 - Gary Goodman , Australian cricketer and coach 1953 - Geoff Hoon , English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe 1953 - Tom Hulce , American actor 1953 - Masami Kurumada , Japanese author and illustrator 1953 - Dwight Stones , American high jumper and sportscaster 1953 - Gary Ward , American baseball player and coach 1954 - Chris Stamey , American singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer 1955 - Anne Begg , Scottish educator and politician 1955 - Rick Buckler , English drummer, songwriter, and producer 1955 - Graeme Hughes , Australian cricketer, rugby league player, and sportscaster 1955 - Tony Woodcock , English footballer 1955 - Steven Wright , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter 1956 - Peter Buck , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1956 - Hans Kammerlander , Italian mountaineer and guide 1956 - Randy Rhoads , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 1957 - Adrian Borland , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1958 - Nick Park , English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter 1959 - Stephen Hepburn , English politician 1959 - Satoru Iwata , Japanese game programmer and businessman 1959 - Stephen Muggleton , English computer scientist and engineer 1959 - Deborah Estrin , American computer scientist and academic 1960 - Masahiko Katsuya , Japanese journalist and photographer 1961 - David Lovering , American drummer 1961 - Jonathan Melvoin , American musician 1961 - Manuel Reuter , German race car driver 1962 - Ben Watt , English singer-songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter 1963 - Ulrich Thomsen , Danish actor and producer 1964 - Mall Nukke , Estonian painter 1965 - Gordon Durie , Scottish footballer and manager 1966 - Natascha Badmann , Swiss triathlete 1966 - Per-Ulrik Johansson , Swedish golfer 1967 - Judd Apatow , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1967 - Arnaldo Mesa , Cuban boxer 1967 - Helen Greiner , American businesswoman and engineer 1968 - Akihiro Yano , Japanese baseball player 1969 - Torri Higginson , Canadian actress 1970 - Ulf Ekberg , Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1970 - Adrian Fenty , American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia 1970 - Mark Reckless , English politician 1970 - Jeff Rouse , American swimmer 1971 - Craig Brewer , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1971 - Richard Krajicek , Dutch tennis player 1971 - Naozumi Takahashi , Japanese singer and voice actor 1971 - Carole Thate , Dutch field hockey player 1972 - Ewan Birney , Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge, UK 1972 - Heather Mizeur , American lawyer and politician 1972 - Rick Short , American baseball player 1974 - Jens Pulver , American mixed martial artist and boxer 1974 - Nick Stajduhar , Canadian ice hockey player 1975 - Noel Clarke , English actor, director, and screenwriter 1975 - Adrian García Arias , Mexican footballer 1977 - Kevin Cash , American baseball player and coach 1977 - Andrew Flintoff , English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster 1977 - Paul McVeigh , Irish footballer 1978 - Chris Başak , American baseball player 1978 - Darrell Jackson , American football player 1978 - Ramiro Pez , Argentine rugby player 1979 - Tim Cahill , Australian footballer 1980 - Danielle Downey , American golfer and coach 1980 - Steve Lovell , English footballer 1980 - Carlos Takam , Cameroonian-French boxer 1981 - Federico Balzaretti , Italian footballer 1982 - Robbie Gould , American football player 1982 - Ryan Carnes , American actor and producer 1982 - Alberto Contador , Spanish cyclist 1982 - Sean Ervine , Zimbabwean cricketer 1982 - Aaron Sandilands , Australian footballer 1982 - Susie Wolff , Scottish race car driver 1984 - Syndric Steptoe , American football player 1984 - Nora Kirkpatrick , American actress and musician 1984 - Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland 1985 - Shannon Bobbitt , American basketball player 1985 - Aristeidis Grigoriadis , Greek swimmer 1985 - Rudra Pratap Singh , Indian cricketer 1986 - Sean Edwards , English race car driver 1986 - Matt Niskanen , American ice hockey player 1988 - Adam Eaton , American baseball player 1988 - Sandra Nurmsalu , Estonian singer and violinist 1988 - Nils Petersen , German footballer 1988 - Nobunaga Shimazaki , Japanese voice actor 1988 - Ravindra Jadeja , Indian Cricketer 1989 - Felix Schiller , German footballer 1990 - Tamira Paszek , Austrian tennis player 1991 - Coco Vandeweghe , American tennis player 1992 - Britt Assombalonga , Congolese footballer 1992 - Johnny Manziel , American football player 1993 - Jasprit Bumrah , Indian cricketer 1993 - Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes , Portuguese footballer 1993 - Tautau Moga , Australian-Samoan rugby league player 1994 - Giannis Antetokounmpo , Greek basketball player 1994 - Shreyas Iyer , Indian Cricketer 1996 - Davide Calabria , Italian football player 1997 - Sabrina Ionescu , American basketball player 1998 - Angelīna Kučvaļska , Latvian figure skaterDeaths 343 - Saint Nicholas , Greek bishop and saint 735 - Prince Toneri of Japan 762 - Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya , Arab rebel leader 1185 - Afonso I of Portugal 1305 - Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev 1306 - Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk 1352 - Pope Clement VI 1562 - Jan van Scorel , Dutch painter 1616 - Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi , Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician 1618 - Jacques Davy Duperron , French cardinal 1658 - Baltasar Gracián , Spanish priest and author 1675 - John Lightfoot , English priest, scholar, and academic 1686 - Eleonora Gonzaga , Queen consort of Ferdinand III 1716 - Benedictus Buns , Dutch priest and composer 1718 - Nicholas Rowe , English poet and playwright 1746 - Lady Grizel Baillie , Scottish poet and songwriter 1771 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni , Italian anatomist and pathologist 1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , French painter 1788 - Jonathan Shipley , English bishop 1855 - William John Swainson , English ornithologist and entomologist 1867 - Jean Pierre Flourens , French physiologist and academic 1868 - August Schleicher , German linguist and academic 1878 - Theodoros Vryzakis , Greek painter and educator 1879 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow , American businessman 1882 - Alfred Escher , Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse 1882 - Anthony Trollope , English novelist, essayist, and short story writer 1889 - Jefferson Davis , American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America 1892 - Werner von Siemens , German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company 1918 - Alexander Dianin , Russian chemist 1921 - Said Halim Pasha , Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1924 - Gene Stratton-Porter , American author and screenwriter 1945 - Edmund Dwyer-Gray , Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania 1951 - Harold Ross , American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker 1955 - Honus Wagner , American baseball player and manager 1956 - B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice 1961 - Frantz Fanon , Martinique-French psychiatrist and author 1964 - Evert van Linge , Dutch footballer and architect 1972 - Janet Munro , English actress and singer 1974 - Nikolay Kuznetsov , Soviet naval officer 1976 - João Goulart , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil 1980 - Charles Deutsch , French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB 1982 - Jean-Marie Seroney , Kenyan activist and politician 1983 - Lucienne Boyer , French singer and actress 1983 - Gul Khan Nasir , Pakistani poet, historian, and politician 1985 - Burr Tillstrom , American actor and puppeteer 1985 - Burleigh Grimes , American baseball player and manager 1988 - Roy Orbison , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1989 - Frances Bavier , American actress 1989 - Sammy Fain , American pianist and composer 1989 - John Payne , American actor, singer, and producer 1990 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist 1990 - Tunku Abdul Rahman , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia 1991 - Mimi Smith , English nurse 1991 - Richard Stone , English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate 1993 - Don Ameche , American actor 1994 - Heinz Baas , German footballer and manager 1994 - Gian Maria Volonté , Italian actor and director 1996 - Pete Rozelle , American businessman 1997 - Willy den Ouden , Dutch swimmer 1998 - César Baldaccini , French sculptor and educator 2000 - Werner Klemperer , German-American actor 2000 - Aziz Mian , Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet 2001 - Peter Blake , New Zealand sailor and environmentalist 2001 - Charles McClendon , American football player and coach 2002 - Philip Berrigan , American priest and activist 2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio , Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala 2005 - Charly Gaul , Luxembourger cyclist 2005 - Devan Nair , Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore 2005 - Danny Williams , South African singer 2005 - William P. Yarborough, American general 2006 - John Feeney , New Zealand director and producer 2010 - Mark Dailey , American-Canadian journalist and actor 2011 - Dobie Gray , American singer-songwriter and producer 2012 - Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó , Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea 2012 - Jan Carew , Guyanese author, poet, and playwright 2012 - Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman 2012 - Huw Lloyd-Langton , English guitarist 2012 - Pedro Vaz , Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay 2013 - Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers , French poet and critic 2013 - Stan Tracey , English pianist and composer 2013 - M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach 2014 - Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer , created the Magnavox Odyssey 2014 - Jimmy Del Ray , American wrestler and manager 2014 - Fred Hawkins , American golfer 2014 - Luke Somers , English-American photographer and journalist 2015 - Ko Chun-hsiung , Taiwanese actor, director, and politician 2015 - Liu Juying , Chinese general and politician 2015 - Nicholas Smith , British actor 2016 - Peter Vaughan , British actor 2017 - Johnny Hallyday , French singer and actorHolidays and observances Anniversary of the Founding of Quito Armed Forces Day Christian feast day: * Abraham of Kratia * Aemilianus * Denise and companions *Blessed János Scheffler * María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras * Nicholas of Myra , and its related observances: ** St Nicholas Day , where St. Nicholas/Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes. * December 6 Constitution Day Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Independence Day , celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917. 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