FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019

1240-Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev

1527-Pope Clemens VII flees to Orvieto

1756-British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India

1862-President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians

1877-Washington Post publishes first edition

1912-China votes for universal human rights

1917-Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)

1917-French munitions ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,639 and injures 9,000

1923-First presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)

1929-Turkey introduces female suffrage

1940-Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia

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

1957-Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions

1963-Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans

1973-Bahrain's constitution goes into effect