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Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

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Events

★ 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.

★ 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.

★ 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 trial

★ 1661 - 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, Massachusetts.

★ 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, South Africa - 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, Indiana, 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..

★ 1936 - Porky Pig premieres.

★ 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 (BB-63) 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, Philippines, 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

★ 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, Belgium.

★ 2006 - Tropical Storm Zeta (2005) dissipates, ending the notorious 2005 hurricane season.

Births

★ 1367 - Richard II 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)

★ 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)

★ 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)

★ 1917 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)

★ 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist

★ 1920 - 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 musician

★ 1925 - John De Lorean, American auto maker (d. 2005)

★ 1926 - Ralph Branca, American baseball player

★ 1926 - 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 Makarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2003)

★ 1933 - Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian

★ 1935 - Nino Tempo, American singer and actor

★ 1935 - Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria

★ 1936 - Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player

★ 1936 - Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay

★ 1937 - Paolo Conte, Italian singer

★ 1937 - Lou Holtz, American football coach

★ 1937 - Doris Troy, American singer (d. 2004)

★ 1938 - Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor

★ 1938 - 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 manager

★ 1944 - Bonnie Franklin, American actress

★ 1944 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist, Nobel laureate

★ 1945 - Allen Appel, American novelist

★ 1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist, singer and songwriter Pink Floyd (d. 2006)

★ 1947 - Sandy Denny, English vocalist (d. 1978)

★ 1951 - Don Gullett, American baseball player

★ 1951 - Kim Wilson, American musician (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)

★ 1952 - Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor

★ 1952 - Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)

★ 1953 - Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)

★ 1954 - Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect

★ 1954 - Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer

★ 1954 - Anthony Minghella, British film director

★ 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor

★ 1955 - Richard Corbett, Labour Member of the European Parliament

★ 1956 - Angus Deayton, English comedian, actor and television presenter

★ 1957 - Nancy Lopez, American golfer

★ 1959 - Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer

★ 1959 - Kathy Sledge, American singer

★ 1960 - Paul Azinger, American golfer

★ 1960 - 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 player

★ 1964 - 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 writer

★ 1965 - Konnan, Cuban-born professional wrestler

★ 1966 - Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor

★ 1966 - A. R. Rahman, Indian composer

★ 1966 - Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)

★ 1968 - John Singleton, American film director

★ 1970 - Julie Chen, American television presenter

★ 1970 - Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player

★ 1972 - Nek, Italian singer

★ 1973 - Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1974 - Nicole DeHuff. American actress (d. 2005)

★ 1975 - James Farrior, American football player

★ 1975 - Yukana, Japanese seiyū

★ 1975 - Jason King, English radio DJ (Radio 1)

★ 1976 - Danny Pintauro, American actor

★ 1976 - Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player

★ 1976 - Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor

★ 1978 - Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer

★ 1978 - Casey Fossum, American baseball player

★ 1980 - Steed Malbranque, French footballer

★ 1980 - Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model

★ 1981 - Mike Jones, American rapper

★ 1981 - Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor

★ 1981 - Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress

★ 1982 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player

★ 1982 - Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality

★ 1986 - Paul McShane, Irish footballer

★ 1986 - Alex Turner, English musician (Arctic Monkeys)

★ 1989 - Andy Carroll, English footballer

Deaths

★ 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. 1933)

★ 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

★ Christianity

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★ (except Eastern and Oriental Orthodox who follow the Julian Calendar) - Twelfth Day of Christmas, also known as Twelfth Day and Three Kings Day

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★ Theophany (Revelation of the Trinity at Christ's baptism in the Jordan)

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★ Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church

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★ Third greatest Feast of the Eastern Church, following Pascha (Easter) and Pentecost.

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★ One of the oldest Feasts in Eastern Christianity, traced back to the beginning of the 2nd Century.

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★ The Western (Roman) Catholic Church adopted this Feast in the 3rd Century, calling it Epiphany.

★ Public holiday in Spain, Italy and Puerto Rico to mark Epiphany

★ In the Irish Calendar - Little Christmas (''Nollaig na mBan'', "Women's Christmas")

★ Rastafari movement - Celebration of the ceremonial birthday of Haile Selassie

★ Armenian Christmas (except in the Holy Land where it is on 18 January - old calendar)

★ Ancient Latvia - Zvaigznes Diena observed

★ January 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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