December 6 - Hats

Hats

This Day In History

1732

First play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York City.

1790

The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

1877

Thomas Edison, using his new phonograph, makes one of the earliest recordings of a human voice, reciting "Mary Had a Little Lamb."

1884

The Washington Monument in Washington D.C. is completed.

1897

London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

1933

U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that the James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.

1947

The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

1967

Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.

2006

NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

Famous Birthdays

1421

King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)

1586

Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670)

1778

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)

1805

Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)

1863

Charles Martin Hall, American inventor, music enthusiast, and chemist (d. 1914)

1896

Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983)

1905

Elizabeth Yates, American children's author (d. 2001)

1938

Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor

1945

Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager

1952

Craig Newmark, American internet entrepreneur

1953

Tom Hulce, American actor

1955

Steven Wright, American comedian
1956
Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982)
1958
Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator