Today is Thursday, December 6, the 341st day of 2012. There are 25 days left in the year.
1240 ― Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev
1768 ― First edition of "Encyclopedia Britannica" published (Scotland)
1833 ― HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata
1862 ― President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians
1877 ― Washington Post publishes first edition
1877 ― First sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
1933 ― Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in U.S., lifted
1956 ― Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
1969 ― 300,000 attend the Altamont, Calif., rock concert feature Rolling Stones
1995 ― Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special