Historical Events on December 6
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1865
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
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1971
Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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1989
The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
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1997
A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
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2015
Venezuelan elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
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Famous Birthdays on December 6
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1917Waldemar von Gazen
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1959Satoru Iwata
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1982Alberto Contador
Famous Deaths on December 6
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343Saint Nicholas
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1889Jefferson Davis
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1956B. R. Ambedkar
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1976João Goulart

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