Current events of 6 December 2008 (2008-12-06) (Saturday) edit history watch

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)