December 6, 1996
The US 1st Armored Division enters combat against Soviet forces in East Germany.
And, unofficially from my
Northern Campaign history:
photo
The Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet sorties, starting the Battle of the Norwegian Sea.
and also unofficial:
In Romania, Securitate secret police arrest over a dozen colonels and lieutenant colonels in the Army and Air Force on suspicion of plotting a pro-Soviet coup. Evidence includes large quantites of cash (US Dollars, German Deutschmarks) seized from a Soviet trucker entering Romania from Jugoslavia and photos of the officers entering a Bucharest restaurant simultaneously with the suspected KGB
Rezident, Colonel Oleg Polyansky.