FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024

On this day...

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

1941-Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore

1954-Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt

1957-Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions

1977-South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence

1982-Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed

1985-U.K. joins U.S. Star Wars project

1988-Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown

1989-Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at University of Montréal

1995-Michael Jackson collapses will rehearsing for an HBO special