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1 of 4 | A crowd of rock fans, estimated at 300,000 to 500,000, gathered at Altamont Speedway for a rock concert by the Rolling Stones and other musical groups on December 6, 1969. UPI File Photo<\/p>\n

Dec. 6 (UPI) — On this date in history:<\/p>\n

In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.\n<\/p>\n

In 1877, The Washington Post published its first edition.<\/p>\n

In 1907, in West Virginia’s Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Co. in Monongah killed 361 coal miners. It was the worst mining disaster in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

In 1917, more than 1,900 people died in an explosion<\/a> when a Belgian relief ship and a French munitions vessel collided in the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n

In 1922, the Irish Free State, forerunner of the modern Republic of Ireland, was officially proclaimed.<\/p>\n

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In 1933, following the repeal of Prohibition, Americans crowded into liquor stores, bars and cafes to buy their first legal alcoholic beverages in 13 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a message to Japanese Emperor Hirohito expressing hope that gathering war clouds would be dispelled. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor the next day.\n<\/p>\n

In 1969, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival was held in Northern California. The counterculture rock concert is best remembered<\/a> for a number of violence incidents and accidents that left four people dead and dozens injured. The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Jefferson Airplane performed.<\/p>\n

In 1973, Gerald Ford was confirmed as vice president<\/a> under Richard Nixon, replacing Spiro Agnew, who had resigned in the face of income tax-evasion charges.<\/p>\n

In 1975, the U.S. Senate authorized a $2.3 billion emergency loan to save New York City from bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

In 1995, Michael Jackson was hospitalized after collapsing on stage<\/a> while rehearsing for an HBO special. Paramedics said he had low blood pressure.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Jackson rehearses with French mime Marcel Marceau on December 4 at the Beacon Theater for an upcoming HBO cable special. Jackson was rushed to a New York Hospital suffering from low blood pressure while rehearsing December 6. File Photo by Ezio Petersen\/UPI\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

In 2005, an Iranian military aircraft hit a 10-story residential building<\/a> in Tehran and exploded shortly after takeoff, killing at least 128 people.\n<\/p>\n

In 2017, President Donald Trump officially recognized<\/a> Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced plans to move the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv. Palestinians and Muslims nations criticized the move because if a Palestinian nation is ever recognized, it would use East Jerusalem as a capital.<\/p>\n

In 2018, scientists announced the discovery<\/a> of one of the earliest and most primitive strains of bacteria responsible for pneumonic plague in the bones of a 20-year-old woman from the Neolithic period in modern-day Sweden.<\/p>\n

In 2022, a jury found the Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud charges<\/a>, falsifying business records and conspiracy. A New York Supreme Court ordered the family real estate business of former President Donald Trump to pay $1.6 million<\/a> in criminal penalties.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Time magazine named singer-songwriter Taylor Swift its person of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto by Jon Robichaud\/UPI\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 of 4 | A crowd of rock fans, estimated at 300,000 to 500,000, gathered at Altamont Speedway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,136],"class_list":["post-84705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}