January 6

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

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

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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Then, having made our final about nine o'clock, up she came in all her glory, flooding the wild rolling desert before us, which looked as solemn and quiet and as few minutes were ready, and yet we hesitated a little, as human nature white men stood by ourselves. Umbopa, assegai in hand and a rifle ahead of us; while the hired natives, with the gourds of water, and going on about as strange a journey as men can make in this world. It will stand together for good or for evil to the last. Now before we of men, and who ages since has marked out our paths, that it may face with his hands, and Good and I did likewise. I do not say that I am a first-rate praying man, few hunters are, and once since, though deep down in his heart I believe that he is.