This Day in History: December 06, 2024
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1884
Construction of the Washington Monument was completed.
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1889
Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans.
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1923
A presidential address was broadcast on the radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge spoke before Congress.
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1926
French impressionist painter Claude Monet died at age 86.
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1973
Gerald Ford was sworn in as vice president, replacing Spiro T. Agnew.
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1992
The destruction of a mosque in India by Hindu extremists set off two months of Muslim-Hindu fighting that claimed at least 2,000 lives.
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1998
Hugo Chavez elected president of Venezuela.
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