6 January
January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian
Calendar. There are 359 days remaining (360 in leap years).
Events
- 1066 - Harold Godwinson
crowned King of England
- 1205 - Philip of Swabia
becomes King of the Romans
- 1540 - King Henry
VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
- 1579 - The Union of
Atrecht was signed
- 1661 - The fifth monarchy
men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
- 1690 - Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King
of the Romans
- 1720 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings
- 1838 - Samuel Morse first
successfully tested the electrical telegraph.
- 1870 - The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).
- 1900 - It is reported that millions are starving in India.
- 1900 - Boers attack Ladysmith - over 1000 people killed
- 1907 - Maria Montessori
opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in
Rome.
- 1912 - New Mexico is admitted as the
47th U.S. state.
- 1929 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia suspends his country's constitution (the so-called January 6th
Dictatorship, Šestojanuarska diktatura.)
- 1930 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York
City).
- 1931 - Thomas Edison submits
his last patent application.
- 1936 - Supreme Court of the United States rules the 1933
Agricultural Adjustment Act unconstitutional
in the case United States v. Butler et
al.; Porky Pig premieres
- 1940 - Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznan, Warthegau.
- 1941 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.
- 1942 - Pan American
Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.
- 1946 - William Joyce (Lord
Haw-Haw) hanged for treason
- 1950 - The United Kingdom
recognizes the People's Republic of China.
The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in
response.
- 1967 - United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong
River delta.
- 1973 - Schoolhouse
Rock premieres
- 1975 - The American soap opera
Another World becomes
the first daytime drama to air hour-long regularly scheduled episodes.
- 1982 - William Bonin convicted
of being the "freeway killer".
- 1992 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously condemning Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
- 1994 - Nancy Kerrigan is
clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure
skating rival Tonya Harding.
- 1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
- 1998 - The Lunar
Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the moon and later found evidence
for frozen water on the moon's surface.
- 1999 - Bob Newhart receives a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 2001 - Al Gore, as President of the U.S.
Senate, tallies the electoral votes and certifies George W. Bush as the
winner of U.S. presidential election,
2000.
- 2005 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers
Births
- 1367 - King Richard
II of England (d. 1400)
- 1412 - Joan of Arc, French Roman Catholic saint (d. 1431)
- 1587 - Gaspar de Guzman,
Count of Olivares, Duke of San Lucar (d. 1645)
- 1787 - Gaspard Théodore Ignace de la Fontaine, Luxembourg polititian
- 1822 - Heinrich
Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890)
- 1832 - Gustave Doré, French
painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
- 1838 - Max Bruch, German composer (d.
1920)
- 1872 - Alexander
Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)
- 1878 - Carl Sandburg, American
poet, historian (d. 1967)
- 1880 - Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940)
- 1881 - Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)
- 1882 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet and political figure (d. 1965)
- 1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese
poet, painter, novelist (d. 1931)
- 1898 - James
Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965)
- 1902 - Max Güde, attorney (d. 1984)
- 1903 - Maurice
Abravanel, Greek-born Swiss conductor (d. 1993)
- 1910 - Morris Wright, American
writer (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Loretta Young, American
actress (d. 2000)
- 1913 - Edward Gierek, Polish politician (d. 2001)
- 1914 - Danny Thomas, American
singer, actor, comedian (d. 1991)
- 1915 - Alan Watts, English writer,
philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1920 - Early Wynn, American Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist
- 1921 - Louis Harris, pollster
- 1923 - Jacobo Timerman,
Argentine writer (d. 1999)
- 1924 - Earl Scruggs, bluegrass
performer
- 1925 - John De Lorean,
American auto maker
- 1926 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d.
2003)
- 1926 - Ralph Branca, American
baseball player
- 1929 - Babrak Karmal, Afghan
politician (d. 1996)
- 1930 - Vic Tayback, American
actor
- 1931 - E. L. Doctorow,
American author
- 1931 - Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1931 - Capucine, French actress (d. 1990)
- 1933 - Emil Steinberger,
cabaretist
- 1933 - Oleg_Makarov, cosmonaut (d. 2003)
- 1940 - Van McCoy, musician (d. 1979)
- 1943 - Terry Venables,
English football (soccer) manager
- 1944 - Bonnie Franklin,
American actress
- 1946 - Syd Barrett, English
guitarist and singer
- 1951 - Kim Wilson, rock musician
- 1953 - Malcolm Young, Scottish
guitarist (AC/DC)
- 1954 - Anthony
Minghella, British director
- 1955 - Rowan Atkinson,
English comedian, actor
- 1957 - Nancy Lopez, American
golfer
- 1959 - Kathy Sledge, singer
- 1960 - Nigella Lawson,
British celebrity chef, writer
- 1960 - Howie Long, American football star
- 1962 - Michael Houser,
musician (Widespread Panic) (d. 2002)
- 1964 - Henry Maske, German world champion boxer
- 1966 - Fernando
Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
- 1966 - Chris Antley, jockey
(d. 2000)
- 1968 - John Singleton,
American director and writer
- 1970 - Julie Chen, American
television presenter and newsreader
- 1976 - Danny Pintauro,
American actor
Deaths
- 1840 - Fanny Burney, English
novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
- 1852 - Louis Braille, French
teacher, developed writing system for the blind (b. 1809)
- 1884 - Gregor Johann
Mendel, the father of genetics
- 1918 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1845)
- 1919 - Theodore
Roosevelt, 26th President of the United
States (b. 1858)
- 1928 - Alvin Kraenzlein,
American athlete
- 1937 - Brother Andre, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845)
- 1942 - Henri de
Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president
- 1949 - Victor Fleming,
American director (b. 1883)
- 1981 - A.J. Cronin, Scottish writer
(b. 1896)
- 1990 - Ian Charleson, Scottish
actor
- 1993 - Rudolf Nureyev,
Russian ballet dancer (b. 1938)
- 1993 - Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1917)
- 1995 - Joe Slovo, South African
politician
- 1996 - Yahya Ayyash, Hamas
leader
- 2000 - Don Martin, American
cartoonist (b. 1931)
- 2004 - Charles Dumas, American
high jumper
- 2004 - Francesco Scavullo, fashion photographer
Holidays and observances
January 5 - January 7 -
December 6 - February 6 --
listing of all days
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