Event:
1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up
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
