1. 1865: The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, officially abolishing slavery.
2. 1921: The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed, leading to the establishment of the Irish Free State a year later.
3. 1941: The United States entered World War II as it declared war on Japan, following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
4. 1957: America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit, Vanguard TV3, experienced a launch failure.
5. 1973: Gerald Ford was sworn in as Vice President of the United States after Spiro Agnew resigned.
6. 1989: École Polytechnique Massacre - Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, opened fire at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada, killing 14 women before turning the gun on himself.
7. 1992: The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, was demolished by Hindu extremists, leading to widespread communal riots.
8. 2006: NASA revealed photographs taken by the Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
9. 2017: President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced the plans to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
These are just a few examples, and many more events, big and small, have occurred on December 6 throughout history.
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