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).
   * 1929 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia suspends his country's
     constitution.
   * 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. (297 U.S. 1); 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 DorŽ, 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 GŸde, 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 world champion boxer
   * 1966 - Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
   * 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