What happend on 6th December

05.12
07.12
1933

U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce novel Ulysses is not obscene

1922

One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty the Irish Free State comes into existence.

1921

The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by British and Irish representatives

1917

Halifax Explosion kills more than 1900 people, destroys part of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1917

Finland declares its independence from Russia.

1884

Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.

1877

First publication of the Washington Post newspaper.

1865

Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.

1849

American freedom-fighter Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.

1790

U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania