13 historical events which occurred on December 6 ...
1. 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published
2. 1974 - George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"
3. 1969 – Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California
4. 1969 - USSR performs nuclear test
5. 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs
6. 1964 - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
7. 1917 – Finland declares independence from Russia
8. 1956 - Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa
9. 1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States