Today's Highlights in History

	Monday, December 06th The 340th day of 2010. There are 25 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Dec. 6, 1923, a presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first time as President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a joint session of Congress. (Go to article.)On Dec. 6, 1898, Alfred Eisenstaedt,the German-born photographer whose pioneering images for Life magazine helped define American photojournalism, was born. Followinghis death on Aug. 23, 1995, hisobituary appeared in The Times.(Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On December  6, 1879, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the White River massacre in Colorado(See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1790	Congress moved from New York City to Philadelphia.
1907	The worst mining disaster in U.S. history occurred as 362 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W.Va.
1947	Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated.
1957	The AFL-CIO expelled the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
1957	America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
1969	A free concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif., was marred by the deaths of four people, including a man who was stabbed by a Hell's Angel.
1973	House minority leader Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned after pleading no contest to income tax evasion.
1992	Thousands of Hindu extremists destroyed a mosque in India, setting off two months of Hindu-Muslim rioting that claimed at least 2,000 lives.
1994	Orange County, Calif., filed for bankruptcy protection due to investment losses of about $2 billion.
1998	Hugo Chavez, who had staged a bloody coup attempt against the Venezuelan government six years earlier, was elected president.
2003	Army became the first team to finish 0-13 in major college football history after a 34-6 loss to Navy.
2004	Al-Qaida struck the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, with explosives and machine guns, killing nine people.
2006	The bipartisan Iraq Study Group concluded that President George W. Bush's war policies had failed in almost every regard, and said the situation in Iraq was "grave and deteriorating."

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Current Birthdays

Dave Brubeck turns 90 years old today.

AP Photo/Alex Brandon Jazz musician Dave Brubeck turns 90 years old today.

65 Ray LaHood Secretary of transportation 65 James Naughton Actor 62 Don Nickles Former U.S. senator, R-Okla. 62 JoBeth Williams Actress 57 Tom Hulce Actor ("Amadeus") 55 Steven Wright Comedian 54 Peter Buck Rock musician (R.E.M.) 48 Janine Turner Actress ("Northern Exposure") 43 Judd Apatow Director ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up") 34 Colleen Haskell TV personality ("Survivor") 34 Lindsay Price Actress

Historic Birthdays
Alfred Eisenstaedt
12/6/1898 - 8/23/1995 German photojournalist  (Go to obit.)
50	Baldassare Castiglione 12/6/1478 - 2/2/1529 Italian diplomat and writer
83	Niccoli Zucchi 12/6/1586 - 5/21/1670 Italian astronomer
75	Sophie von La Roche 12/6/1731 - 2/18/1807 German writer
55	Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin 12/6/1805 - 6/13/1871 French magician
76	(Friedrich) Max Muller 12/6/1823 - 10/28/1900 German orientalist scholar
82	John Singleton Mosby 12/6/1833 - 5/30/1916 American Confederate guerrilla leader
65	Evelyn Underhill 12/6/1875 - 6/15/1941 English mystical poet
31	(Alfred) Joyce Kilmer 12/6/1886 - 7/30/1918 American poet
76	Sir Osbert Sitwell 12/6/1892 - 5/4/1969 English writer
86	Ira Gershwin 12/6/1896 - 8/17/1983 American lyricist of Broadway musicals and films
68	James J. Braddock 12/6/1905 - 11/29/1974 American boxing champion