MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today is Monday, December 6, the 340th day of 2010. There are 25 days left in the year.

1240 _ Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev

1492 _ Haiti discovered by Columbus

1768 _ First edition of ```Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)

1877 _ First sound recording made (Thomas Edison)

1921 _ Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland

1933 _ Ban on James Joyce' ``Ulysses" in U.S., lifted

1941 _ Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore

1956 _ Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa

1985 _ U.K. joins U.S. ``Star Wars” project

1995 _ Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special