December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1421 - King Henry VI of England (+ 1471)
- 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (+ 1827)
- 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, physicist and chemist (+ 1850)
- 1863 - Charles Hall[?], chemist (+ 1914)
- 1872 - William S. Hart[?], actor (+ 1946)
- 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, poet (+ 1918)
- 1887 - Lynne Fontanne[?], actress (+ 1983)
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter[?], painter, graphic artist and writer (+ 1955)
- 1892 - Lina Carstens[?], actress (+ 1978)
- 1896 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist (+ 1983)
- 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt[?], photojournalist (+ 1995)
- 1900 - Agnes Moorhead[?], actress (+ 1974)
- 1903 - Tony Lazzeri[?], Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1905 - Jameds Braddock[?], boxing champion (+ 1974)
- 1913 - Eleanor Holm[?] - Olympic Games swimming champion
- 1920 - Dave Brubeck, jazz musician
- 1921 - Otto Graham[?], American football star
- 1928 - Bobby Van[?], singer (+ 1980)
- 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
- 1932 - Don King, boxing entrepreneur
- 1939 - Liv Ullman[?], actress
- 1942 - Peter Handke, author, playwright
- 1948 - JoBeth Williams[?], actress
- 1953 - Thomas Hulce[?], actor
- 1955 - Steven Wright, comedian
- 1956 - Peter Buck[?], musician
- 1958 - Nick Park, film-maker and animator
- 1962 - Janine Turner[?], actress
- 1971 - Ryan White, AIDS activist (+ 1990)
- 1993 - Elián González, Cuban refugee
Deaths:
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
December 5 - December 7 - November 6 - January 6 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December