Historical Events and Current Affairs on January 6

1066: King Harald of England crowned
1066: King Harald of England crowned
1099: Henry V crowned German king
1099: Henry V crowned German king
1227: Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
1227: Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
1352: French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
1352: French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
1453: Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria
1453: Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria
1496: Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
1496: Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
1497: Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
1497: Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
1535: City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
1535: City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
1540: King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1540: King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1579: Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras
1579: Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras
1622: Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide
1622: Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide
1639: Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
1639: Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
1663: Great earthquake in New England
1663: Great earthquake in New England
1681: 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
1690: Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king
1745: Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
1759: George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis
1773: Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
1781: Battle of Jersey (Island in UK)
1784: Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
1832: New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1838: Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph
1839: 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"
1842: 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
1857: Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
1861: Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
1861: NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with N & S
1873: Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
1873: US Congress begins investigating Cr?dit Mobilier scandal
1880: Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
1883: Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
1893: Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1896: 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1896: Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
1898: 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
1900: Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
1900: Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris
1903: Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
1906: Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris
1907: Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
1912: New Mexico becomes 47th state
1914: Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
1922: -13] Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
1924: Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
1925: Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
1926: Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
1927: US marines sent to Nicaragua
1928: Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)
1929: Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
1930: 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
1930: Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours
1936: Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)
1937: Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
1938: Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx
1941: FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear)
1942: 1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper")
1942: Bob Feller, enlists in Navy & reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
1945: Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY
1946: Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
1947: Ray Lindwall smashes 100 v England in MCG Test
1950: "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances
1950: Britain recognizes Communist government of China
1951: "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 perfs
1951: Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
1953: WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956: Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from
1956: forming a rival group
1956: KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957: Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1957: Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia
1958: Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
1958: Gibson patents Flying V Guitar
1958: WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963: "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
1963: "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances
1964: Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
1964: Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
1965: Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S Africa, his best Test bowling
1967: "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
1967: 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate,
1967: KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1967: Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
1968: Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
1968: Dr N E Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
1968: Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon
1969: Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
1969: WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971: Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
1971: Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
1972: Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
1973: "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1974: "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio
1974: England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1975: "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
1975: "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-tv
1976: China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976: Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1977: EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1978: 1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
1978: US hand over St Stephan crown to Hungary
1980: "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
1980: Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
1984: Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
1986: British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
1986: Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
1986: STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
1987: 100th US Congress convenes
1987: Astronomers at U of Calif see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
1990: NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
1991: "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 477 performances
1991: "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
1991: Jorge Serrano El?as elected president of Guatemala
1992: NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
1992: Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA
1992: Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
1992: Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings
1993: Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
1993: Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
1994: "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
1994: Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
1994: Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
1995: Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
1996: Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
1997: "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1998: Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
1998: Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame

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