December 6 is a novel by Martin Cruz Smith about an American expatriate living in Japan just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
	The Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published on this day in 1768
	The Washington Post was first published on this day in 1877
	Anthony Trollope (The Way we Live Now) died on this day in 1882
	James Joyce's novel Ulysses obscenity trial resulted in acquittal on this day in 1933
	Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha) was born on this day in 1956