December 6
Today in America's Present Past
1732 | The first recorded professional “play” was performed in North America in New York City, New York.
1752 | SCOTUS: Justice Gabriel Duvall was born.
1790 | Congress: The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1822 | Entrepreneur John Eberhard Faber was born.
1845 | Alpha Sigma Phi was founded.
1849 | Civil Rights: Harriet Tubman escapes slavery for a second and final time.
1862 | POTUS: Republican President Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
1864 | Civil War: The Battle of Deveaux’s Neck, South Carolina.
1865 | The 13th Amendment was ratified.
1876 | The first cremation takes place at the LeMoyne Crematory in Washington, Pennsylvania.
1877 | The Washington Post debuted.
1879 | Inventor Erastus Brigham Bigelow died.
1886 | Poet Joyce Kilmer was born.
1889 | Politician Jefferson Davis died.
1896 | Composer Ira Gershwin was born.
1906 | Scientist Sherman Kent was born.
1905 | Boxer James J. Braddock was born.
1908 | Outlaw Baby Face Nelson was born.
1917 | Entrepreneur Irv Robbins was born.
1923 | POTUS: Republican Calvin Coolidge makes the first broadcast on radio for a President.
1933 | A judge ends a ban on James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses” in the U.S.
1936 | Cleric Kenneth Copeland was born.
1947 | POTUS: Democrat President Truman dedicated The Everglades National Park in Florida.
1952 | Entrepreneur Craig Newmark was born.
1953 | Actor Thomas Hulce was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1964 | TV: “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” debuted.
1967 | Director Judd Apatow was born.
1970 | General Thomas S. Power died.
1973 | POTUS: Republican Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected Vice President.
1975 | Politician Bob Dole wed Elizabeth Hanford.
1988 | Musician Roy Orbison died.
1995 | Journalist James Reston died.