January 6

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 359 days remaining (360 in leap years).

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Events

• 871 - Alfred of England defeats the Danes in the Battle of Ashdown
• 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.
• 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.
• 1930 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).
• 1929 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia suspends his country's constitution (the so-called January 6th Dictatorship, Šestojanuarska diktatura.)
• 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 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.

Births

• 1367 - King Richard II of England (d. 1400)
• 1412 - Joan of Arc, 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, luxembourgish polititian.
• 1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, archaeologist (d. 1890)
• 1832 - Gustave Doré, painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
• 1838 - Max Bruch, composer (d. 1920)
• 1872 - Alexander Scriabin, composer (d. 1915)
• 1878 - Carl Sandburg, poet, historian (d. 1967)
• 1880 - Tom Mix, 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, poet, painter, novelist (d. 1931)
• 1898 - James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965)
• 1902 - Max Güde, attorney (d. 1984)
• 1903 - Maurice Abravanel, conductor (d. 1993)
• 1913 - Loretta Young, actress (d. 2000)
• 1914 - Danny Thomas, singer, actor, comedian (d. 1991)
• 1920 - Early Wynn, Baseball Hall of Famer
• 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, evangelist
• 1921 - Louis Harris, pollster
• 1923 - Jacobo Timerman, writer (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Earl Scruggs, bluegrass performer
• 1925 - John De Lorean, auto maker
• 1931 - E. L. Doctorow, author
• 1931 - Capucine, actress (d. 1990)
• 1933 - Emil Steinberger, cabaretist
• 1933 - Oleg_Makarov, cosmonaut (d. 2003)
• 1943 - Terry Venables, football (soccer) manager
• 1944 - Bonnie Franklin, actress
• 1946 - Syd Barrett, guitarist and singer
• 1951 - Kim Wilson, rock musician
• 1953 - Malcolm Young, guitarist
• 1954 - Anthony Minghella, director
• 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, comedian, actor
• 1957 - Nancy Lopez, golfer
• 1959 - Kathy Sledge, singer
• 1960 - Nigella Lawson, celebrity chef, writer
• 1960 - Howie Long, American football star
• 1964 - Henry Maske, German world champion boxer
• 1966 - Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
• 1968 - John Singleton, director and writer
• 1970 - Julie Chen, television presenter and newsreader; Big Brother host
• 1976 - Danny Pintauro, actor

Deaths

• 1840 - Fanny Burney, novelist and diarist (b. 1752)
• 1852 - Louis Braille, teacher, developed writing system for the blind (b. 1809)
• 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, director (b. 1883)
• 1981 - A.J. Cronin, writer (b. 1896)
• 1993 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1938)
• 1993 - Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1917)
• 2000 - Don Martin, cartoonist (b. 1931)
• 2004 - Charles Dumas, American high jumper

Holidays and observances

• Ancient Latvia - Zvaigznes Diena observed
• Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy - Epiphany of the Lord. (a.k.a. Theophany, Three Kings Day in some areas).
• In the Irish Calendar- Little Christmas, Women's Christmas and/or Twelfth Day.
• Rastafarianism - Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie
• Armenian Christmas

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