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January 6 Gregorian calendar . There are 359 days remaining until the end of the year (360 in leap years ).
Events [ ] 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England .1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans .1449 - Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra .1494 - First Mass celebrated in the New World at La Isabela , Hispaniola .1540 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves 1579 - The Union of Atrecht was signed.1649 - The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial1661 - The Fifth Monarchists 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.1781 - In the Battle of Jersey on 6 January the British defeated the last attempt by France to invade Jersey militarily.1806 - Horatio Nelson laid to rest in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London 1838 - Samuel Morse first successfully tested the electrical telegraph .1853 - American President-Elect Franklin Pierce and family are involved in a train wreck near Andover .1870 - The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna ).1887 - `Abd-allah II of Harar opens the Battle of Chelenqo with an attack on the camp of the Shewan army of Negus Menelik II .1893 - Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison .1900 - Boers attack Ladysmith - over 1,000 people killed
1907 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome .1912 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state .1929 - King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country 's constitution (the so-called January 6th Dictatorship , Šestojanuarska diktatura .)1929 - Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a legacy of work amongst India's poorest and diseased people
1930 - The first diesel -engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis , to New York City ).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. .1940 - Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznań , Warthegau .1941 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.1941 - Keel of USS Missouri is laid at New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn
1942 - Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to have a flight go around the world.1950 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China . The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response.1961 - A fire at the Thomas Hotel in San Francisco kills 20 people.1967 - United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five " in the Mekong River delta.1974 - In response to the energy crisis , daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States .1977 - The music publisher EMI ends its contract with the notorious punk rock group Sex Pistols after reports of abusive behaviour at Heathrow Airport , London .1978 - The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States , where it was held after the Second World War .1994 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding .1995 - A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila , leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka , a mass-terrorist attack.2004 - Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate is declared the official anthem of Karnataka 2004 - Costas Simitis Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece .
2005 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders : Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.2005 - First World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace begins in Brussels .
2006 - Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates, ending the notorious 2005 hurricane season.Births [ ] 1367 - Richard II, King of England (d. 1400 )1412 - Joan of Arc , Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431 )1486 - Martin Agricola , German composer (d. 1556 )1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus , German poet (d. 1540 )1525 - Caspar Peucer , German reformer (d. 1602 )1561 - Thomas Fincke , Danish mathematician (d. 1656 )1587 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares , Spanish statesman (d. 1645 )1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas , French man of letters (d. 1650 )1617 - Kristoffer Gabel , Danish statesman (d. 1673 )1655 - Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg , Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720 )1706 - Benjamin Franklin , American statesman (d. 1790 )1714 - Percivall Pott , English physician (d. 1788 )1745 - Étienne Montgolfier , French inventor (d. 1799 )1793 - James Madison Porter , American politician (d. 1862 )1795 - Anselme Payen , French chemist (d. 1871 )1807 - Jozef Maximilián Petzval , Slovak inventor (d. 1891 )1808 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy , American naval officer (d. 1864 )1822 - Heinrich Schliemann , German archaeologist (d. 1890 )1832 - Gustave Doré , French painter and sculptor (d. 1883 )1838 - Max Bruch , German composer (d. 1920 )1848 - Hristo Botev , Bulgarian poet (d. 1876 )1850 - Franz Xaver Scharwenka , Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924 )1870 - Gustav Bauer , Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944 )1872 - Alexander Scriabin , Russian composer (d. 1915 )1878 - Carl Sandburg , American poet and historian (d. 1967 )1880 - Tom Mix , American actor (d. 1940 )1882 - Aleksandra Ekster , Russian painter (d. 1949 )1882 - Fan S. Noli , Albanian bishop (d. 1965 )
1882 - Sam Rayburn , Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961 )
1883 - Khalil Gibran , Lebanese writer (d. 1931 )1898 - James Fitzmaurice , Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965 )1899 - Phyllis Haver , American actress (d. 1960 )1899 - Heinrich Nordhoff , German automobile engineer (d. 1968 )
1902 - Helmut Poppendick , Nazi physician (d. 1994 )1903 - Maurice Abravanel , Greek-born conductor (d. 1993 )1905 - Idris Davies , Welsh poet (d. 1953 )1910 - Wright Morris , American writer (d. 1998 )1913 - Edward Gierek , Polish politician (d. 2001 )1913 - Loretta Young , American actress (d. 2000 )
1914 - Danny Thomas , American actor (d. 1991 )1915 - Alan Watts , English writer (d. 1973 )1916 - Vincent Serventy , Australian writer and conservationist (d. 2007 )1917 - Koo Chen-fu , Chinese negotiator (d. 2005 )1920 - Sun Myung Moon , Korean evangelist1920 - John Maynard Smith , English biologist (d. 2004 )
1920 - Doris Stokes , British psychic medium (d. 1987 )
1920 - Early Wynn , American baseball player (d. 1999 )
1921 - Cary Middlecoff , American golfer (d. 1998 )1923 - Jacobo Timerman , Argentine writer (d. 1999 )1924 - Earl Scruggs , American musician1925 - John De Lorean , American auto maker (d. 2005 )1926 - Ralph Branca , American baseball player1926 - Pat Flaherty , American racecar driver (2002 )
1926 - Kid Gavilan , Cuban boxer (d. 2003 )
1926 - Mickey Hargitay , Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006 )
1926 - Kim Dae-jung , President of South Korea and Nobel laureate
1929 - Babrak Karmal , Afghani politician (d. 1996 )1930 - Vic Tayback , American actor (d. 1990 )1931 - Capucine , French actress (d. 1990 )1931 - E. L. Doctorow , American author
1931 - Dickie Moore , Canadian ice hockey player
1932 - Stuart A. Rice , American chemist
1933 - Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov , Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2003 )
1933 - Emil Steinberger , Swiss comedian
1934 - Tassos Papadopoulos , president of the Republic of Cyprus 1935 - Nino Tempo , American singer and actor1935 - Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela , Tsaritsa of Bulgaria
1936 - Rubén Amaro, Sr. , Mexican baseball player1936 - Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo , President of Uruguay
1937 - Paolo Conte , Italian singer1937 - Lou Holtz , American football coach
1937 - Doris Troy , American singer (d. 2004 )
1938 - Adriano Celentano , Italian singer and actor1938 - Mario Rodríguez Cobos "Silo", Argentine writer and spiritual leader
1940 - Penny Lernoux , American journalist (d. 1989 )1940 - Van McCoy , American musician (d. 1979 )
1943 - Terry Venables , English football manager1944 - Bonnie Franklin , American actress1944 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel , Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate
1945 - Allen Appel , American novelist1946 - Syd Barrett , English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd (d. 2006 )1947 - Sandy Denny , English vocalist (d. 1978 )1951 - Don Gullett , American baseball player1951 - Kim Wilson , American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds )
1952 - Frank Sivero , Italian-born American actor1952 - Larry Latham (Moondog Spot) , American professional wrestler (d. 2003 )
1953 - Malcolm Young , Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC )1954 - Hans Robert Hiegel , German architect1954 - Yuji Horii , Japanese video game designer
1954 - Anthony Minghella , British film director
1955 - Rowan Atkinson , English comedian and actor1955 - Richard Corbett , Labour Member of the European Parliament
1956 - Angus Deayton , English comedian, actor and television presenter1958 - Themos Anastasiadis , Greek journalist, television presenter and newspaper editor1957 - Nancy Lopez , American golfer1959 - Kapil Dev , Indian cricketer1959 - Kathy Sledge , American singer
1960 - Paul Azinger , American golfer1960 - Kari Jalonen , Finnish ice hockey player
1960 - Nigella Lawson , English chef and writer
1960 - Howie Long , American football player
1962 - Michael Houser , American guitarist (Widespread Panic ) (d. 2002 )1963 - Jazzie B , English musician (Soul II Soul )1964 - Charles Haley , American football player1964 - Henry Maske , German boxer
1964 - Mark O'Toole , English bass guitarist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood )
1964 - Rafael Vidal , Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005 )
1964 - Yuri , Mexican actress and singer
1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari , American Muslim writer1965 - Konnan , Cuban-born professional wrestler
1966 - Fernando Carrillo , Venezuelan actor1966 - A. R. Rahman , Indian composer
1966 - Andrew Wood , American singer (Mother Love Bone ) (d. 1990 )
1968 - John Singleton , American film director1970 - Julie Chen , American television presenter1970 - Gabrielle Reece , American volleyball player
1972 - Nek , Italian singer1973 - Scott Ferguson , Canadian ice hockey player1974 - Nicole DeHuff . American actress (d. 2005 )1975 - James Farrior , American football player1975 - Yukana , Japanese seiyū
1975 - Jason King , English radio DJ (Radio 1 )
1976 - Danny Pintauro , American actor1976 - Richard Zedník , Slovak ice hockey player
1976 - Johnny Yong Bosch , American actor
1978 - Nikki Einfeld , Canadian opera singer1978 - Casey Fossum , American baseball player
1980 - Steed Malbranque , French footballer1980 - Hiromi Oshima , Japanese adult model
1981 - Mike Jones , American rapper1981 - Jérémie Renier , Belgian actor
1981 - Rinko Kikuchi , Japanese actress
1982 - Gilbert Arenas , American basketball player1982 - Tiffany Pollard , American reality television personality
1984 - Sean O'Brien , Australian Professional Windsurfer (AUS120.com )1986 - Paul McShane , Irish footballer1986 - Alex Turner , English musician (Arctic Monkeys )
1989 - Andy Carroll , English footballerDeaths [ ] 664 - Amr ibn al-A'as , Arab general (bc. 583 )1088 - Berengar of Tours , French theologian (bc. 999 )1448 - Christopher of Bavaria , King of Denmark , Norway , and Sweden (b. 1418 )1537 - Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510 )1537 - Baldassare Peruzzi , Italian architect and painter (b. 1481 )
1616 - Philip Henslowe , English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550 )1689 - Seth Ward , English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1671 )1711 - Philipp van Almonde , Dutch admiral (b. 1646 )1718 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina , Italian writer and jurist (b. 1664 )1718 - Richard Hoare , English goldsmith and banker (b. 1648 )
1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon , Japanese dramatist (b. 1653 )1731 - Étienne François Geoffroy , French chemist (b. 1672 )1734 - John Dennis , English critic and dramatist (b. 1657 )1813 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers , French general (b. 1764 )1831 - Rodolphe Kreutzer , French violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1766 )1840 - Fanny Burney , English novelist and diarist (b. 1752 )1852 - Louis Braille , French teacher of the blind (b. 1809 )1855 - Giacomo Beltrami , Italian explorer (b. 1779 )1884 - Gregor Johann Mendel , Austrian geneticist (b. 1822 )1885 - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , Norwegian writer and scientist (b. 1812 )1913 - Frederick Hitch , English Victoria Cross Winner (b. 1856 )1918 - Georg Cantor , German mathematician (b. 1845 )1919 - Max Heindel , Danish astrologer and mystic (b. 1865 )1919 - Theodore Roosevelt , 26th President of the United States (b. 1858 )
1922 - Jakob Rosanes , German mathematician (b. 1842 )1928 - Alvin Kraenzlein , American athlete (b. 1876 )1934 - Herbert Chapman , Legendary Manager of Arsenal and Huddersfield Town (b. 1878 )1937 - André Besette , Canadian religious figure (b. 1845 )1941 - Charley O'Leary , American baseball player (b. 1882 )1942 - Henri de Baillet-Latour , Belgian International Olympic Committee president (b. 1876 )1944 - Ida Tarbell , American journalist (b. 1857 )1945 - Vladimir Vernadsky , Russian mineralogist (b. 1863 )1949 - Victor Fleming , American director (b. 1883 )1969 - Daisy and Violet Hilton , British conjoined twins (b. 1908 )1972 - Chen Yi , Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901 )1978 - Burt Munro , New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899 )1981 - A. J. Cronin , Scottish writer (b. 1896 )1990 - Ian Charleson , Scottish actor (b. 1949 )1990 - Pavel Alekseyevich Čerenkov , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904 )
1993 - Rudolf Nureyev , Russian ballet dancer (b. 1938 )1993 - Dizzy Gillespie , acclaimed jazz trumpet player (b. 1917 )
1995 - Joe Slovo , South African politician (b. 1926 )1997 - Catherine Scorsese , Italian-American actress (b. 1912 )1999 - Michel Petrucciani , French jazz pianist (b. 1962 )2000 - Don Martin , American cartoonist (b. 1931 )2004 - Pierre Charles , Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954 )2004 - Charles Dumas , American athlete (b. 1937 )
2004 - Francesco Scavullo , American photographer (b. 1921 )
2005 - Lois Hole , Lt. Governor of Alberta (b. 1929 )2005 - Louis Robichaud , Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925 )
2006 - Lou Rawls , American singer (b. 1933 )2006 - Hugh Thompson, Jr. , decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943 )
2007 - Mario Danelo , American football player (b. 1985 )2007 - Sneaky Pete Kleinow , American musician and special-effects artist (b. 1934 )
2007 - Roberta Wohlstetter , military historian and strategist (b. 1912 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
159 Familypedia people were born on January 6
164 Familypedia people died on January 6
103 Familypedia people were first married on January 6