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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/963" title="963">963</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_VIII" title="Pope Leo VIII">Leo VIII</a></b> was ordained a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a>, claiming the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope" title="Antipope">antipope</a> supported by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_the_Great" title="Otto the Great">Otto the Great</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution" title="Haitian Revolution">Haitian Revolution</a>: Nearly all the final French ships in Haiti were captured by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> when they attempted to evade the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Saint-Domingue" title="Blockade of Saint-Domingue">blockade of Saint-Domingue</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongah_mining_disaster" title="Monongah mining disaster">A mine explosion</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monongah,_West_Virginia" title="Monongah, West Virginia">Monongah, West Virginia</a>, killed 362 people and led to the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bureau_of_Mines" title="United States Bureau of Mines">United States Bureau of Mines</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – The British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI6" title="MI6">Secret Intelligence Service</a> established a facility known as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_X" title="Camp X">Camp X</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada, to train covert agents in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">clandestine operations</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a> – In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Venezuelan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election">the Venezuelan parliamentary election</a></b>, the ruling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_of_Venezuela" title="United Socialist Party of Venezuela">United Socialist Party</a> lost control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Venezuela)" title="National Assembly (Venezuela)">National Assembly</a> for the first time in 16 years.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_de_Dominici" title="Maria de Dominici">Maria de Dominici</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1645); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume-Chr%C3%A9tien_de_Lamoignon_de_Malesherbes" title="Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes">Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1721); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Pete Rozelle</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1996)</p>