Today in History for 6th December 2017:
Historical Events
1875 – 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes
1938 – French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)
1964 – “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” 1st airs on TV
1988 – STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission
1995 – Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special
1996 – Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match
Famous Birthdays
1898 – Herman Shumlin, American Broadway producer, director and actor (Watch on the Rhine), born in Atwood, Colorado (d. 1979)
1899 – Nikolai Batalov, Russian actor (Tretya meshchanskaya, Mother), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1937)
1900 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (Endora in Bewitched), born in Clinton, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
1914 – Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs and England opener)
1928 – Bobby Van, American singer (d. 1980)
1953 – Gina Hecht, actress (Melanie-Hizzoner, Mork and Mindy), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Deaths
1882 – Alfred Escher, Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (b. 1819)
1889 – Jefferson Davis, President of Confederate States of America (1861-65), dies at 81
1903 – Frederick Grant Gleason, composer, dies at 54
1984 – Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90
1987 – James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies
1997 – Eddie Myers, British WWII soldier and engineer, dies at 91