Daily Calendar for Monday, December 6, 2021

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Jefferson Davis (served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War) – 1889
Roy Orbison (musician) – 1988
Don Ameche (actor) – 1993
Phillip Berrigan (priest who fought Vietnam War and nuclear weapons) – 2002

First international football game – 1873
Monongah, West Virginia, coal mine disaster killed 362 men. One of the worst in U.S. history – 1907
Ship explosion devastated Halifax, Nova Scotia – 1917
The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed, giving Ireland dominion status and establishing Irish Free State – 1921
President Truman dedicated Everglades National Park in Florida – 1947
The Burl Ives narrated holiday classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer made its television debut – 1964
Kitty Hambleton reached 512.71 mph land speed – 1976
The official name of Newfoundland was changed to Newfoundland and Labrador. – 2001

Five inches of snow, Savannah, Georgia – 1740
A windstorm on this day toppled the national Christmas tree on the grounds of the White House – 1970
Strong storms spread 60 mph winds throughout northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio – 1998