"Also on this date: In 1907, at least 361 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia; it was the worst mining disaster in U.S. history. In 1917, more than 1,700 people were killed when an explosives-laden French cargo ship, the Mont Blanc, collided with the Norwegian merchant vessel SS Imo in the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia, setting off a blast that devastated the Canadian city."
"In 1973, Republican House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as vice president after he was selected by President Richard Nixon to replace Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned amid an extortion and tax evasion scandal. In 1998, in Venezuela, former Lt. Col. Hugo Chavez, who had staged a bloody coup attempt against the government six years earlier, was elected president."
December 6, 2025 is Saturday, the 340th day of the year, with 25 days remaining. On Dec. 6, 1865 the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it. In 1907 a coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia killed at least 361 men and boys. In 1917 the Mont Blanc collision and explosion in Halifax killed more than 1,700. In 1923 Calvin Coolidge delivered the first nationally broadcast presidential address. In 1957 Vanguard TV3 failed on launch. In 1969 the Altamont concert was marred by multiple deaths. In 1973 Gerald Ford became vice president. In 1998 Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela. In 2017 the U.S. recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In 2021 Aung San Suu Kyi received prison sentences totaling years under multiple charges.
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