THE DAY...6TH DECEMBER ---

6TH DECEMBER:-

ARMED FORCES DAY
CIVIL DEFENCE DAY

• 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
• 1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
• 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
• 1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
• 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)
• 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.