Today in History - History - December 6th

1973Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected VP, succeeds Spiro T Agnew

1992SF Giants renege on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds

1995Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special

18771st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)

2008American pin-up model Bettie Page (85) is hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a heart attack

1424Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews

19231st US Presidential address broadcast on radio by President Calvin Coolidge

1825Pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory

1938French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)

1956Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa

1833John Singleton Mosby, Powhatan County, Virginia, lawyer/Col (Confederate Army), (d. 1916)

1890Dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946)

1886Joyce Kilmer, New Brunswick, New Jersey, poet (Trees), (d. 1918)

1805Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)

1921Otto Graham, Waukegan Illinois, NFL Quarterback (Cleveland Browns)

1900Agnes Moorehead, Clinton, Massachusetts, American actress (Endora-Bewitched)

1997ABC's World News Tonight news anchor Peter Jennings (59) weds Kayce Freed in Bridgehampton, New York

1930Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia

1988Actor and comedian Robin Williams (37) divorces Valerie Velardi after 10 years of marriage

1938Actress Bette Davis (30) divorces musician Harmon Nelson (31) due to cruel and inhuman manner after more than 6 years of marriage

1889Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81

1949Lead Belly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 64

1996[Alvin] Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner, dies of brain cancer at 70

1955Honus Wagner, baseball player, dies at 81