January 6th

BATTLES

1927	U.S. troops sent to Nicaragua.
1781	Battle of Jersey (island in United Kingdom).
1497	Morrish fortress Alhambra surrendered to the Christi

BEGINNINGS

1978	First postage stamp copyrighted (Carl Sandburg stamp).
1942	First commercial round-the-world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper").
1930	First diesel engine automobile trip completed (Indianapolis to NYC, 792 miles).
1914	Merrill Lynch founded.
1898	First telephone call from a submerged submarine.
1857	Samuel Wetherill patented process for reducing zinc ore.
1838	Samuel Morse made first public demonstrtion of telegraph.
1832	New England Anti-slavery Society organized (Boston, MA).
1681	First recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher).

BIRTH

1976	Danny Pintauro, actor (Jonathan on "Who's The Boss?).
1964	Charles Lewis Haley, football player.
1962	Sean Landeta
1960	Howie Long, football player.
1959	Nancy Sledge, singer for Sister Sledge ("We Are Family").
1957	Nancy Lopez-Melton (Knight?), golfer.
1953	Malcolm Young, guitartist for AC/DC.
1952	Grant Goodeve, actor (David in "Eight Is Enough").
1949	Robert Englund, actor (Freddie in "Nightmare On Elm Street").
1946	Syd Barrett, singer for Pink Floyd
1944	Bonnie Franklin, actress.
1937	Doris Troy, singer ("Just One Look").
1936	Julio Marja Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uraguay.
1935	Nino Tempo, singer ("Deep Purple").
1933	Sylvia Syms, singer ("You Go To My Head") (1935?)
1932	Sacha Distel, French guitarist.
1931	Patrick Joseph (PJ) Kavanagh, poet and novelist.
1931	E.L. Doctorow, author.
1929	Vic Tayback, actor (Mel on "Alice").
1925	John Z. DeLorean, former automaker.
1924	Earl Scruggs, folk musician.
1921	Louis Harris, opinion pollster.
1920	Sun Myung Moon, founder of Unification Church "Moonies".
1920	Early Wynn, professional baseball.
1913	Tom Brown, actor (Ed - Gunsmoke).
1913	Loretta GretchenYoung, actress.
1912	Amos Jacobs (Danny Thomas), (not 1914), entertainer.
1911	Joey Adams, comedian.
1883	Khalil Gibran, poet and philosopher.
1882	Samuel Rayburn, Speaker of the House (1940-57)
1880	Tom Mix, actor (silent movies).
1878	Carl Sandburg, American poet.
1854	Sherlock Holmes, detective.
1832	Paul-Gustave Dore, engraver and illustrator.
1822	Heinrich Schliemann, discovered the remains of Troy.
1811	Senator Charles Sumner (during the Reconstruction)
1799	Jedediah Smith, explorer.
1745	Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist.
1412	Joan of Arc, leader of the French Army.
1367	Richard II, reigned over England, 1377-99.

DEATHS

1993	Dizzy Gillespie, musician.
1989	Hirohito, Japanese emperor.
1919	Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president.
1785	Hayam Salomon, helped finance the revolution.

DISASTERS

1967	Two buses collide killing 84, injuring 140 (Terpate, Phillipines).

ENTERTAINMENT

1975	The Wiz premiered on Broadway.
1974	Radio Mystery Theatre debuted on CBS radion (E.G. Marshall hosted).
1969	Supreme's "I'm Livin' In Shame" released.
1968	Pau Mauriat's "Love Is Blue" released.
1968	Lalo Schifrin's theme to "Mission Impossible" released.
1968	Beatle's "Magical Mystery Tour" album became #1 on the charts.
1965	The Beatle's "We Can Work It Out" obtained gold record status.
1964	The Rolling Stones began their first headline tour of England.
1963	"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" debuted on NBC.
1958	The "Flying V" guitar was patented by Gibson.
1957	Elvis' first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
1952	"Peanuts" comic strip debuted in the newspapers.
1941	Richar Widmark debuted on CBS radio show "The Home of the Brave".

EXPLORATION

1968	Surveyor 7 launched for soft-landing on the moon.

SPORTS

1976	Ted Turner bought Atlanta Braves for $12 million.

TRANSITIONS

1987	100th Congress convened.
1980	Indira Gandhi wins election, becomes Prime Minister of India.
1950	Britian recognized communist government in China.
1945	George Bush married Barbara Pierce (Rye, NY).
1936	Barbara Hanley became Canada's first woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario).
1929	Alexander I established a dictatorship in Yugoslavia.
1912	New Mexico became 47th state.
1893	Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast.
1773	Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom.
1759	George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis.
1540	Hennry VIII marries Anne of Cleves (his 4th wife).

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