On This Day in History December 6, 2018

Historical Events 1240  Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev; out of 50,000 people in the city only 2,000 survive 1865  13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery 1921  Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland 1998  Hugo Chávez is elected President of Venezuela 2006  NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Agnes Moorehead (1900 - 1974) Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805 - 1871) John Singleton Mosby (1833 - 1916) Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Jefferson Davis (1808 - 1889) Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903 - 1990) More Famous Deaths December 5th: Mozart, the Incomparable Musical Genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a musical genius who composed over 600 works in his short lifetime, died mysteriously on this day and was buried unceremoniously.