Updated December 5, 2012, 1:28 pm
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.
On Dec. 6, 1898, Alfred Eisenstaedt, the German-born photographer whose pioneering images for Life magazine helped define American photojournalism, was born. Following his death on Aug. 23, 1995, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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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. 1923 A presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first time as President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a joint session of Congress. 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. 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.” Current Birthdays
By The Associated Press
Director Judd Apatow (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up”) turns 45 years old today.
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1945 Ray LaHood, Secretary of transportation, turns 67 1945 James Naughton, Actor, turns 67 1948 JoBeth Williams, Actress, turns 64 1953 Tom Hulce, Actor (“Amadeus”), turns 59 1955 Steven Wright, Comedian, turns 57 1956 Peter Buck, Rock musician (R.E.M.), turns 56 1957 Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, turns 55 1962 Janine Turner, Actress (“Northern Exposure”), turns 50 1976 Colleen Haskell, TV personality (“Survivor”), turns 36 1976 Lindsay Price, Actress, turns 36 Historic Birthdays
Alfred Eisenstaedt 12/6/1898 – 8/23/1995 German photojournalist. Go to obituary »
50 Baldassare Castiglione 12/6/1478 – 2/2/1529
Italian diplomat and writer83 Niccoli Zucchi 12/6/1586 – 5/21/1670
Italian astronomer75 Sophie von La Roche 12/6/1731 – 2/18/1807
German writer55 Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin 12/6/1805 – 6/13/1871
French magician76 (Friedrich) Max Muller 12/6/1823 – 10/28/1900
German orientalist scholar82 John Singleton Mosby 12/6/1833 – 5/30/1916
American Confederate guerrilla leader65 Evelyn Underhill 12/6/1875 – 6/15/1941
English mystical poet31 (Alfred) Joyce Kilmer 12/6/1886 – 7/30/1918
American poet76 Sir Osbert Sitwell 12/6/1892 – 5/4/1969
English writer86 Ira Gershwin 12/6/1896 – 8/17/1983
American lyricist of Broadway musicals and films68 James J. Braddock 12/6/1905 – 11/29/1974
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