January 6

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

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances

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 publicly demonstrates the electrical telegraph.
• 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, 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).
• 1931 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
• 1936 - Porky Pig premieres
• 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.
• 1967 - United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five[?]" in the Mekong River delta.
• 1973 - Schoolhouse Rock premieres
• 1982 - William Bonin[?] convicted of being the "freeway killer".
• 1994 - Nancy Kerrigan[?] is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.
• 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 - US Supreme Court certifies George W. Bush as the winner of U.S. presidential election, 2000.

Births

• 1367 - King Richard II of England (+ 1400)
• 1412 - Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic saint (+ 1431)
• 1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, archaeologist (+ 1890)
• 1832 - Gustave Doré[?], painter and sculptor (+ 1883)
• 1838 - Max Bruch, composer (+ 1920)
• 1872 - Alexander Scriabin, composer (+ 1915)
• 1878 - Carl Sandburg, poet, historian (+ 1967)
• 1880 - Tom Mix[?], actor (+ 1940)
• 1881 - Sam Rayburn[?], Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (+ 1961)
• 1883 - Khalil Gibran, poet, painter, novelist (+ 1931)
• 1902 - Max Güde[?], attorney (+ 1984)
• 1913 - Loretta Young, actress (+ 2000)
• 1914 - Danny Thomas[?], singer, actor, comedian (+ 1991)
• 1920 - Early Wynn[?], Baseball Hall of Famer
• 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, evangelist
• 1921 - Louis Harris[?], pollster
• 1923 - Jacobo Timerman, writer (+ 1999)
• 1924 - Earl Scruggs, bluegrass performer
• 1925 - John DeLorean, auto maker
• 1931 - E.L. Doctorow, author
• 1931 - Capucine, actress (+ 1990)
• 1933 - Emil Steinberger[?], cabaretist
• 1944 - Bonnie Franklin[?], actress
• 1946 - Syd Barrett, guitarist and singer
• 1951 - Kim Wilson[?], rock musician
• 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 boxer
• 1968 - John Singleton, director and writer
• 1976 - Danny Pintauro[?], actor

Deaths

• 1852 - Louis Braille, teacher, developed writing system for the blind
• 1918 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician
• 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States of America
• 1937 - Brother Andre, Canadian religious figure
• 1949 - Victor Fleming, director
• 1981 - A.J. Cronin, writer
• 1993 - Rudolf Nureyev[?], Russian ballet dancer
• 1993 - Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter

Holidays and observances

• Ancient Latvia - Zvaigznes Diena observed
• Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy - Epiphany of the Lord. (a.k.a. Theophany)
• Rastafarianism - Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie

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See Also:

January 5 - January 7 - December 6 - February 6 -- listing of all days

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