What happened on December 6 in history?
1534 Quito, the capital of present-day Ecuador, was founded by the Spanish explorer BeirarCazar
1768 The first volume of the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published in Edinburgh, England
1863 Alcoa king Charles Martin Hall is born
1877 The Washington Post begins publication
1877 Edison, the king of invention, demonstrates the world's first phonograph
1889 Death of Jefferson Davis, American soldier and politician
1892 Siemens, the father of the world's famous electronic appliances, died
1897 London issues the world's first taxi license
1905 Explorer Amundsen discovers earth magnetic poles
In 1905, Chen Tianhua, an outstanding propagandist of the bourgeois revolutionaries at the end of the Qing Dynasty, died
1916 Cartoonist Ding Cong was born
After the October Revolution of 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia
1917 During World War I, the American destroyer USS Jones was torpedoed by a German submarine
1933 The novel Ulysses is ruled by a U.S. judge that it can be legally published in the United States
In 1937, during the Battle of Nanjing, the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on Nanjing
1938 Nazi Germany and France sign the Franco-German Non-Aggression Pact
1950 The famous Japanese composer and pianist Hisaishi Rei was born
1957 The first experimental artificial satellite in the United States was destroyed during launch
1975 The band Mayday lead singer Ashin was born
1978 Spanish referendum to pass the country's latest constitution, ending Franco's military dictatorship
1979 Australian footballer Tim Cahill is born
1984: The English edition of Deng Xiaoping's Collected Writings is published in London
In 1996, Lushan became a "World Cultural Heritage"
In 2002, Chinese scientists discovered the disappearance of neutrinos in nuclear reactors
In 2006, NASA released photos taken by The Explorer that suggested that liquid water might exist on the surface of Mars
In 2010, Chen Jingkai, a famous weightlifter in China and former deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Commission, passed away
2017 U.S. President Donald Trump announces recognition of Jerusalem as israel's capital