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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas Day</a></b> (Western Christianity); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Finland)" title="Independence Day (Finland)">Independence Day</a></b> in Finland (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1060" title="1060">1060</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_I_of_Hungary" title="Béla I of Hungary">Béla I</a></b> was crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hungarian_monarchs" title="List of Hungarian monarchs">King of Hungary</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1846" title="1846">1846</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>: American and Mexican forces clashed at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Pasqual" title="Battle of San Pasqual">Battle of San Pasqual</a></b>, a series of skirmishes near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego, California</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912" title="1912">1912</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti_Bust" title="Nefertiti Bust">Nefertiti Bust</a></b>, listed among the "Top 10 Plundered Artifacts" by <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>, was found in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarna" title="Amarna">Amarna</a>, Egypt, before being taken to Germany.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">Melbourne Olympics</a>, 14-year-old swimmer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Morgan" title="Sandra Morgan">Sandra Morgan</a></b> became the youngest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="History of the Australian Capital Territory">Self-government was granted</a></b> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)" title="Nicholas Rowe (writer)">Nicholas Rowe</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1718); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Palisa" title="Johann Palisa">Johann Palisa</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1848); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara_Prasad_Shastri" title="Hara Prasad Shastri">Hara Prasad Shastri</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1853); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devan_Nair" title="Devan Nair">Devan Nair</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2005)</p>
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