Portal:Current events/2008 December 6
December 6, 2008 (Saturday)
- Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao defeats Mexican American Oscar De La Hoya during a welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Inquirer)
- United States President-elect Barack Obama nominates General Eric Shinseki to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
- India arrests two men accused of providing mobile phone cards to the gunmen in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. (Reuters via News Limited)
- The Republic of Ireland recalls all Irish pork products after the discovery of contaminated fodder. (RTÉ)
- Joseph Cao defeats William J. Jefferson in Louisiana's 2nd congressional election, a major upset victory for the Republican Party. He is the first Vietnamese American ever to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. (The Hill)