Event:
The toll of those afflicted by Typhoon Bopha in the southern Philippines rises to 179,000 left homeless after the storm passed
More Notable Events on December 6:
1995 Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special
1994 Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590
1992 300,000 hindus destroy mosque of Babri India, 4 die
1975 Senator Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry
1957 Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
