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On This Day In History, January 6th

2021 The US Capitol is attacked
A mob of supporters of then-US President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol in Washington DC. They were attempting to halt the certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden. Five people died in the riot, and many more were injured, including over 150 police officers.

1929 Mother Theresa arrives in India
Through her tireless work in helping the poor and ill, the Albanian religious sister later received the Nobel Peace Prize and was posthumously beatified.

1912 German scientist Alfred Wegener presents his theory of continental drift
His work laid the foundation for the theory of plate tectonics, which explains why continents move.

1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school
Montessori's revolutionary educational approach is practiced at about 30,000 schools today.

1838 Samuel Morse presents the telegraph to the public
Together with Alfred Vail, the inventor relayed the message “A patient waiter is no loser” over a distance of 2 miles (3 km).
 

Births On This Day, January 6th 🎂

1946 Syd Barrett
English singer-songwriter, guitarist

1920 John Maynard Smith
English biologist

1883 Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese/American poet

1811 Charles Sumner
American politician

1412 Joan of Arc

Deaths On This Day, January 6th 🪦

1999 Michel Petrucciani
French/American pianist

1993 Dizzy Gillespie
American trumpet player, bandleader, composer

1919 Theodore Roosevelt
American politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1918 Georg Cantor
German mathematician

1852 Louis Braille
French educator invented Braille
 
Holidays and Events on This Day, January 6th 🍹🌴

Army Day- Iraq

Christmas Day- Armenia

Day of the Holy Kings- Mexico

Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day- Sri Lanka

Epiphany- Andorra, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, and 24 other places
 

1914
stock brokerage Merrill Lynch is founded, became part of Bank of America Corp in Oct 2018
1929
Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work with India's poorest
1941
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt makes his '4 Freedom Speech': freedom of speech&worship, freedom from want&fear during his U.S. State of Union Address
1968
The Beatles album' Magical Mystery Tour' debuts at #1 on music charts, stays there for 8 weeks
1994
figure skater, Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by rival, Tonya Harding's body guard at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, Michigan
2016
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens: sequel to 'Return of The Jedi' breaks North American box office record of $2.06 billion surpassing Avatar's record of $760.5 mil
 
Jan 6th Birthdays
1878
Carl Sanburg- poet&Abraham Lincoln biographer
1913
Loretta Young- actress 'Farmer's Daughter, Stranger
1931
E.L. Doctrow- author' Ragtime, Billy Bathgate
1944
Bonnie Franklin- actress best known TV role' Ann Romano' in CBS sitcom' One Day At a Time'
1954
Anthony Minghella- British film director, 'The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley
1982
Eddie Redmayne- British actor 'The Theory of Everything, Fantastic Beasts&Where to Find Them, Les Miserables
Deaths:
1949
Victor Fleming- film director 'The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind' 65
1990
Ian Charleson- Scottish actor 'Gandi, Chariots of Fire 40{AIDS}
2004
Francesco Scavullo- U.S. celebrity photographer 82
2006
Lou Rawls- soul singer/ songwriter' You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 72{cancer}
 
On This Day In History, January 7th

1989 Akihito is sworn in as Emperor of Japan
His accession to the throne followed the death of his father, Emperor Hirohito, on the same day.

1979 The Khmer Rouge government of Cambodia is overthrown
Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh that day.

1927 The first transatlantic telephone service is established
A 3-minute call between New York and London cost about $45 USD, which is roughly $550 in today's dollars.

1785 Hot air balloon crosses the English Channel
French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard took about 2½ hours to fly from Dover (UK) to Guînes (France).

1610 Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean Moons
The Italian astronomer spotted the four largest moons of Jupiter that day: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
 
Births On This Day, January 7th 🎂

1991 Eden Hazard
Belgian footballer

1985 Lewis Hamilton
English race car driver

1967 Nick Clegg
English politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1964 Nicolas Cage
American actor, producer, director

1943 Sadako Sasaki
Japanese victims of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Deaths On This Day, January 7th 🪦

1995 Murray Rothbard
American economist, historian

1989 Hirohito
Japanese Emperor

1951 René Guénon
French/Egyptian author

1943 Nikola Tesla
Serbian/American physicist, engineer
 
1782
The 1st U.S..commerical bank, Bank of North America opens in Philadelphia
1934
comic strip' Flash Gordon' created/drawn by Alex Raymond debuts
1970
Max Yasgur's neighbor sues him for $35,000 in property damage to his farm caused by the Woodstock Music Festival
2010
movie' The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper, set in the 30's Britian's King George who had a childhood stammer is encouraged by his wise/ patient wife{Helen Bodham Carter} to seek help from unconventional speech therapist{Geoffrey Rush} movie won 4 Oscars pic/director/ actor{Firth} original screenplay
2015
terrorists attack office of satrical newspaper' Charlie Hedbo' in Paris killing 12 injuring 11
 
Jan 7th Birthdays:
1911
Butterfly Mc Queen- actress, 'Gone With the Wind, Flame of Barbary Coast'
1920
Vincent Gardenia- character actor 'Bang the Drum Slowly, Moonstruck, Little Shop of Horrors
1938
Paul Revere- singer/ keyboard player w 60's group 'Paul Revere&The Raiders' "Kicks, Indian Reservation'
1964
Nicholas Cage- actor- Leaving Las Vegas{best actor Oscar} The Rock, Moonstruck, National Treasure
Deaths:
1988
Trevor Howard- British actor 'Brief Encounter, Von Ryan's Express, The Third Man, Father Goose 71
2015
Rod Taylor- Australian actor The Birds, Time Machine 84
 
On This Day In History, January 8th

1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov begins his record spaceflight
Polyakov stayed aboard the Mir space station for a record-breaking 437 days and 18 hours.

1959 Charles de Gaulle becomes president of France
His right-wing political ideology, Gaullism, still influences French politics today.

1912 The African National Congress (ANC) is founded
The ANC, whose most famous member is Nelson Mandela, played an important role in the fight against the South African apartheid regime and it is now the country's governing political party.

1889 Computer pioneer Herman Hollerith patents his punched card calculator
His invention paved the way for modern automatic computation.

1790 George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address
The U.S. president typically uses this annual speech to outline his political agenda.
 

Births On This Day, January 8th 🎂

1967 R. Kelly
American singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1947 David Bowie
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1942 Stephen Hawking
English physicist, author

1935 Elvis Presley
American singer, guitarist, actor

1934 Jacques Anquetil

Deaths On This Day, January 8th 🪦

1996 François Mitterrand
French politician, 21st President of France

1990 Terry-Thomas
British actor

1976 Zhou Enlai
Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American lawyer, religious leader

1642 Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer, physicist
 
On This Day In History, January 8th

871 Alfred the Great (born in Oxfordshire, England) led a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by the Vikings.

1310 The Great Frost: in London the Thames river froze so thickly bonfires were lit on it.

1708 Spanish armada headed by the San Jose and loaded with gold sunk after British squadron attacks off coast of Colombia.

1798 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed.

1815 Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812 -- USA vs UK); the war had ended on 24th December 1814 but none of the combatants knew.

1835 US national debt is $0 for the first and only time in history.

1904 Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen.
 
1806
explorers, Meriwether Lewis&William Clark find skelton of 105 ft blue whale in Oregon
1945
Univ of Kentucky men's basketball team set a NCAA record holding opponent, Arkansas St to 6 pts they won game 75-6
1966
Beatles album' Rubber Soul' hits # 1 on Music charts, stays there for 6 weeks
2004
RMS Queen Mary 2,largest passenger ship ever built, 1,132 ft long, weighs 148,528 tons, 140 ft longer than the Titantic is christened by her granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II
2021
storm' Filonmena' hits Spain,Madrid gets 20 inches of snow, killing 4 ,stranding thousands
 
Jan 8th birthdays:
1862
Frank Nelson Doubleday- U.S. publisher founder of Doubleday &Co
1924
Ron Moody- British actor best known film role' Fagin' in movie' Oliver'
1935
Nolan Miller- U.S. fashion & jewellery designer for TV show' Dynasty, The Love Boat'
1947
David Bowie- British singer/ songwriter' Space Oddtity, Changes', hit single with Bing Crosby 'The Little Drummer Boy'
1955
Mike Reno- Candian rock singer with band' Loverboy' "Working for the Weekend'
Deaths:
1324
Marco Polo- explorer 69
1825
Eli Whitney- U.S. inventor of the cotton gin 59
1941
Robert Baden-Powell- British office&founder of modern day scout movement 83
1982
Reta Shaw- actress ,movies' Picnic, Mary Poppins, best known TV role' Martha Grant' on NBC sitcom 'The Ghost &Mrs Muir' 69
1996
Francois Mitterand- France's 21st Prime Minister '81-'95 79
2002
Dave Thomas- U.S. Businessman founder of Wendy's Restaurant chain 69
2020
Edd Byrnes- actor best known TV role' Kookie' in ABC drama' 77 Sunset Strip' '58-'64 87
 
On This Day In History, January 9th

2005 The second Sudanese War ends
As an outcome, Southern Sudan is granted autonomy; in 2011, South Sudan becomes an independent nation.

1916 The Battle of Gallipoli ends
The Gallipoli Campaign during World War I ended with the victory of the Ottoman Empire.

1861 The first shots of the American Civil War are fired
The steamer, Star of the West, was fired upon by the Confederates as it attempted to enter Charleston Harbor

1768 Philip Astley opens the world's first modern circus
The British equestrian, who is considered the father of the modern circus, opened a riding school in London where he also performed tricks for an audience in the afternoons.

1431 The trial against Joan of Arc begins
She was executed on May 30, 1431, exonerated in 1456, and canonized in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.
 
Births On This Day, January 9th 🎂

1944 Jimmy Page
English guitarist, songwriter, producer

1941 Joan Baez
American singer-songwriter, activist

1922 Ahmed Sékou Touré
Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea

1913 Richard Nixon
American politician, 37th President of the United States

1890 Kurt Tucholsky
German journalist

Deaths On This Day, January 9th 🪦

2014 Amiri Baraka
American poet, actor, activist

1908 Wilhelm Busch
German poet, painter, illustrator

1908 Abraham Goldfaden
Russian actor, playwright, author

1873 Napoleon III
French politician, 1st President of France

1324 Marco Polo
Italian explorer
 
1768
Philip Astley stages the world's 1st modern circus in London
1942
U,S. Joint Chiefs of Staff is created
1962
National Football League prohibits grabbing of the face mask, penalty 15 yards against the offending team
1986
Kodak loses its patent battle against Polaroid has to give up its instant camera business
2001
Apple announces iTunes at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, its organizing&playing digital music&videos
 
Jan 9th Birthdays:
1859
Carrie Chapman Catt- U. S. women's suffrage leader/ founder of league of Women Voters
1928
Judith Krantz- author' Scruples, Princess Daisy', Dazzle
1935
Bob Denver- comedic actor best known TV roles' Maynard G. Krebs in CBS sitcom' Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,'Gilligan' CBS sitcom 'Gillian's Island
1955
J.K. Simmons- actor best known TV role 'Asst Police Chief' Will Pope' on TNT's police drama' The Closer' won Best Supp Actor Oscar for his role as intense, demanding bandleader in movie' Whiplash' He's spokesperson in amusing' Farmer's Insurance' TV ads, since 1996, voice of Yellow M&M in TV ads
1980
Sergio Garcia- Spanish pro golfer, winner of '17 Masters Golf Championship
 
On This Day In History, January 10th

1946 The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens
51 nations were represented on that day.

1929 The first Adventures of Tintin comic book is published
Hergé's books became hugely popular in Europe and the rest of the world.

1920 The Treaty of Versailles takes effect
Although a ceasefire had been in place since November 11, 1918, World War I officially ended with the Treaty of Versailles.

1863 London Underground opens
“The Tube” is the world's oldest underground railway.

1776 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
The pamphlet argued for freedom from British rule and it helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
 
Births On This Day, January 10th 🎂

1987 César Cielo
Brazilian swimmer

1960 Brian Cowen
Irish politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland

1953 Pat Benatar
American singer-songwriter

1949 George Foreman
American boxer

1945 Rod Stewart
English/Scottish singer-songwriter

Deaths On This Day, January 10th 🪦

2016 David Bowie
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1976 Howlin' Wolf
American singer-songwriter, musician

1971 Coco Chanel
French fashion designer founded the Chanel Company

1862 Samuel Colt
American inventor, and industrialist, founded the Colt Manufacturing Company

1778 Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist
 
1776
Thomas Paine's Common Sense' pamphlet is published advocating American Independence
1949
RCA introduces 45 RPM record
1964
Vee- Jee records releases 'Introducing the Beatles' their 1st album released in the U.S.
1982
NFL National Championship game between San Franscico 49'ers vs Dallas Cowboys. SF QB, Joe Montana with 58 secs left in game, throws ball to wide receiver, Dwight Clark who makes a fingertip catch known as' The Catch' to win the game 28-27. SF would go on to win the Super Bowl
2022
The U.S. Mint issues quarter coins commemorating poet/author, Maya Angelou, the 1st black woman to be depicted,she died May 18,2014
 

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