January 6

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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 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 becomes the 47th state of the United States.
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)
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
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

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

January 5 - January 7 - December 6 - February 6 - Historical anniversaries