This Day in History
January 6

What happened in history on this day: January 6? On January 6 in ... 1066 - King Harald of England crowned. 1088 - Berengarius of Tours French theologist, dies. 1099 - Henry V crowned German king. 1227 - Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre. 1275 - Raymundus of Peñafort Spanish church law scholar, dies. 1352 - French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star. 1367 - Birth of Richard II Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99). 1374 - Andreas Corsini Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies. 1412 - Birth of Joan of Arc Domremy, martyr. 1425 - Jan of Bavaria liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies. 1448 - Christopher III king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies. 1453 - Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria. 1486 - Birth of Martin Agricola (pseudonym of Martin Sore) in Schwiebus; German music scholar and composer in Magdeburg. 1488 - Birth of Helius Eobanus Hessus German poet (Silvae). 1496 - Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi. 1497 - Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria). 1535 - City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro. 1536 - Baldassare Peruzzi Italian architect/painter, dies. 1540 - King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. 1541 - Bernard van Orley Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about age 52. 1579 - Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras. 1585 - Birth of Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas French grammarian. 1587 - Birth of Gaspar de Guzmán Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43). 1592 - Johan Casimir palsgrave at the Rhine, dies. 1602 - Birth of Karl Rabenhaupt German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader. 1622 - Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide. 1639 - Virginia is first colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed. 1646 - Elias Hill German architect of Augsburg, dies at age 72. 1663 - Great earthquake in New England. 1681 - First recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher). 1683 - Birth of François de La Croix composer. 1685 - Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at age 68. 1690 - Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king. 1692 - Birth of Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer. 1693 - Mehmed IV sultan (Turkey), dies at age 51. 1694 - Francesco Morosini Italian army General , dies. 1695 - Birth of Giuseppe Sammartini composer. 1697 - Carlo Mannelli composer, dies at age 56. 1702 - Birth of Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu composer. 1702 - Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. 1725 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about age 71. 1728 - Birth of Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier composer. 1728 - Birth of Domingos dos Reis Quita Portuguese playwright/poet. 1732 - Birth of Matija A Reljkovic Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic). 1738 - Franz Xaver Murschhauser composer, dies at age 74. 1742 - Johann Georg Reinhardt composer, dies. 1745 - Birth of Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier Annonay France, aeronaut (first pioneer balloonist/brother of Joseph-Michel/co-inventor of calorimeter, hydraulic ram, and process for producing vellum). 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow. 1759 - George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis. 1773 - Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom. 1776 - Birth of Ferdinand von Schill Prussian officer/rebel. 1781 - Battle of Jersey (Island in Great Britain). 1784 - Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople. 1785 - Haym Salomon dies in Philadelphia Pennsylvania at age 44, helped finance the revolution. 1790 - Johann Trier composer, dies at age 73. 1791 - Birth of Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer composer. 1794 - Birth of Kaspar Masek composer. 1798 - Birth of Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer. 1799 - Birth of Jedediah Strong Smith US fur trader/explorer. 1799 - Maria G Agnesi Italian mathematician (x²y=a²(a-y)), dies at age 80. 1799 - W G Frederik prince of Orange/General , dies at age 25. 1800 - Birth of Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Dutch politician. 1800 - William Jones composer, dies at age 73. 1802 - Birth of Ion Heliade-Radulescu Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica). 1803 - Birth of Henri Herz composer. 1807 - Birth of Joseph Holt Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1894. 1807 - Birth of Ludwig Erk composer. 1811 - Birth of Charles Sumner leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874. 1821 - Birth of Jakob Frohschammer in Illkofen, Germany; Catholic priest, writer and philosopher, excommunicated for his insistence that philosophy is independent of Church authority. 1822 - Birth of Heinrich Schliemann in Neubukow, Germany; polyglot/archeologist (Troje). 1826 - Birth of Herman Grimm Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson). 1827 - Birth of John Calvin Brown Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889. 1827 - Birth of John Wesley Frazer Brigadier General (Confederate Army), die in 1906. 1827 - Death of Charlotte von Stein in Weimar. Von Stein was a very close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. She inspired the characters Iphigenie in Iphigenie auf Tauris and Natalie in Wilhelm Meister. After 1788 when Goethe met and later married Christiane Vulpius, the "Seelenbund" with Frau von Stein weakened and dissolved. 1829 - Birth of Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki] Japanese humorist/gesaku-author. 1831 - Rodolphe Kreutzer French composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at age 64. 1832 - Birth of Gustave Doré Strasbourg France, illustrator (Inferno, Ancient Mariner). 1832 - New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston). 1835 - Birth of Martin Kähler Germany, theologist. 1838 - Birth of Max Bruch in Cologne, Germany; violin virtuoso and composer: Scherz, List und Rache (1858), Odysseus (1872). 1838 - Samuel Morse made first public demonstration of telegraph. 1839 - Two-day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "The Big Wind". 1842 - 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India. 1842 - Birth of Clarence King mining engineer (geologist). 1850 - Birth of Eduard "Ede" Bernstein German marxist (New Era). 1850 - Birth of Franz Xaver Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha). 1854 - Birth of Sherlock Holmes Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle). 1856 - Birth of Giuseppe Martucci composer. 1857 - Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Pennsylvania. 1859 - Birth of Samuel Alexander English philosopher (Moral order and progress). 1861 - Birth of Heinrich Gottlieb Noren composer. 1861 - New York City, New York mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S. 1861 - Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola. 1864 - Birth of Ban Johnson Norwalk Connecticut, baseball founder (American League). 1867 - Birth of Georges Martin Witkowski composer. 1868 - Birth of Vittorio Monti composer. 1870 - Birth of Gustav Bauer in Darkehmen, Germany; German chancellor when Scheidemann resigned in protest against the terms demanded by the Treaty of Versailles. 1872 - Birth of Alexander N Scriabin Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus). 1873 - Birth of Karl Straube German organist/conductor. 1873 - Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia". 1873 - US Congress begins investigating Crédit Mobilier scandal. 1878 - Birth of Carl Sandburg US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes). 1880 - Birth of Tom Mix Mix Run Pennsylvania, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin). 1880 - Birth of Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer. 1880 - Record snow cover in Seattle-120cm. 1882 - Birth of Samuel Rayburn Tennessee, (Representative-Democrat-Texas), speaker of the House (1940-57). 1883 - Birth of Khalil Gibran Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings). 1883 - Ontario Rugby Football Union forms. 1884 - Death of Gregor Mendel in Brunn, Austria-Hungary at age 61; Augustinian monk, pioneer of the science of genetics. 1884 - Paul Taglioni "the Great", Italian/Austrian choreographer, dies at age 75. 1885 - Peter C Asbjørnsen Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at age 72. 1889 - Birth of Alan M Bateman Canadian geologist (Yale professor). 1891 - Birth of Ted McDonald cricketer (great Australian quick of 1920s). 1892 - Birth of Ludwig Berger writer. 1893 - Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast. 1896 - First US women's six-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden. 1896 - Birth of Abram N Pritzker US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine). 1896 - Birth of Freerk Siemon Wolters notary/resistance fighter. 1896 - Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony. 1897 - Birth of Billy Greene actor (Burton-One Man's Family). 1897 - Birth of Péter Veres literary/Hungarian minister of defense. 1898 - First telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake. 1898 - Birth of Jan Filip Boon Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39). 1899 - Birth of Phyllis Haver Douglas Kansas, silent screen actress (What Price Glory). 1900 - Birth of Pierre-Octave Ferroud French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse). 1900 - Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured. 1900 - Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso" premieres in Paris. 1901 - Birth of Patrick Aherne England; actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes). 1901 - Birth of Tómas Gudmundsson Iceland, poet. 1902 - Birth of Mark Brunswick composer. 1902 - Birth of Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer. 1903 - Birth of Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament). 1903 - Birth of Francis L Sullivan London England; actor (Missing Rembrandt). 1903 - Birth of Maurice Abravanel Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer. 1903 - Birth of Stanley Smith Kansas City Missouri; actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts). 1903 - Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam. 1905 - Birth of Eric Frank Russell United Kingdom, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides). 1906 - Birth of Benedict Vilakazi South Africa, Zulu poet/novelist/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary). 1906 - Birth of Jaap Wagemaker [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor. 1906 - Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs" premieres in Paris. 1907 - Maria Montessori opens her first (Montessori) school (Rome). 1907 - Walter Read cricketer (English batsman, 117 at no 10 vs Australia 1884), dies. 1908 - Birth of Menahem Avidom composer. 1909 - Birth of Johannes H Moesman Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor). 1909 - Birth of Keith Davis voice tutor/author. 1910 - Birth of Wright Morris US writer. 1911 - Birth of Eduardo Frei Montalva President of Chile (1964-70). 1911 - Birth of Joey Adams in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact). 1911 - Birth of Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov actor (Telegram, Town People). 1911 - Birth of Yannis Andreou Papaioannou composer. 1912 - Birth of Jacques Cesar Ellul writer. 1912 - New Mexico becomes 47th state. 1913 - Birth of Edward Gierek party leader (Polish CP). 1913 - Birth of Loretta Young Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger). 1913 - Birth of Tom Brown New York City, New York; actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lieutenant Rovacs-Mr Lucky). 1914 - Birth of Arnold Richardson composer. 1914 - Birth of Danny Thomas Deerfield Michigan, comedian (Danny Thomas Show). 1914 - Birth of David Bruce Kankakee Illinois; actor (Harry-Beulah). 1914 - Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded. 1915 - Birth of Alan Watts Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo). 1915 - Birth of Don Edwards (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-). 1915 - Reginald Wood cricketer (one Test England vs Australia 1886), dies. 1916 - Birth of Philip Bezanson composer. 1917 - Birth of Guillermo Rosario Dutch Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri). 1917 - Hendrik P G Quack lawyer/economist (Bank of Netherlands), dies at age 82. 1918 - Birth of Buddy Weed Ossining New York, pianist (Penthouse Party). 1918 - Birth of Caspar MB "Cas" Baas Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat). 1918 - Georg F L P Cantor German mathematician collection, dies at age 72. 1919 - Birth of Sylvia Syms US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes). 1919 - Theodore Roosevelt 26th President (1901-09), dies at his home in Oyster Bay New York at age 60. 1920 - Birth of Earl Kim composer. 1920 - Birth of Early Wynn Hartford Alabama, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher). 1920 - Birth of Reverand Sun Myung Moon evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies). 1921 - Birth of Cary Middlecoff golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award). 1921 - Birth of Lou Harris pollster (Lou Harris Poll). 1922 - Birth of Finn Einar Mortensen composer. 1922 - Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments. 1923 - Birth of Leah Chase master chef, in the creole tradition. 1924 - Birth of Earl Scruggs North Carolina, bluegrass musician (Flatt and Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett, Rocky Top). 1924 - Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches" premieres in Monte Carlo. 1925 - Birth of John Z DeLorean, automaker (DeLorean). 1925 - Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4 13.6 mile and 14 44.6 5,000m. 1926 - Kees Boeke opens first comprehensive school in Holland. 1926 - The German airlines Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr unite to become Deutssche Luft-Hansa AG (later Lufthansa). 1927 - US marines sent to Nicaragua. 1928 - Alvin C Kraenzlein track star (Olympics-4 gold-1900), dies at age 51. 1928 - Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene). 1929 - Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia. 1929 - Birth of Wilbert Harrison R&B singer (Kansas City). 1929 - Nicolas Nikolayevitch grand-duke of Russia, dies at age 72. 1930 - First diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed. 1930 - Birth of Denis Pitts journalist. 1930 - Birth of Vic Tayback Brooklyn New York; actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper). 1930 - Bradman scores 452* for New South Wales against Queensland, 377 minutes, 49 fours. 1931 - Birth of E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow New York City, New York, novelist (World's Fair). 1931 - Birth of Gerard van Muiden Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA). 1931 - Birth of Graeme Hole cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties). 1933 - Birth of Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], Toulon France, actress (Pink Panther). 1933 - Birth of Sylvia Syms singer (You Go To My Head, Them There Eyes). 1934 - Birth of Bobby Lord Sanford Florida, country singer (Ozark Jubilee). 1935 - Birth of Ian Meckiff cricketer (Australia quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away). 1935 - Birth of Nino Tempo Niagara Falls New York, rock vocalist (Deep Purple). 1935 - Birth of Paul Wilson US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye). 1935 - George P Baker US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at age 68. 1936 - Barbara Hanley became Canada's first woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario). 1936 - Birth of Julio María Sanguinetti Cairolo President of Uruguay (1985-90, 95-). 1936 - Charles A Stoneham president (New York Giants), dies. 1937 - Birth of Doris Troy [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss). 1937 - Birth of Lou Holtz US, football coach (New Jersey Jets). 1937 - Bradman scores 270 Australia vs England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, including 110 singles. 1938 - Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in the Bronx. 1939 - Albert Ward cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies. 1939 - Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann in Berlin, Germany, announce the discovery of uranium fission. 1940 - Birth of Ed Zschau (Representative-Republican-California, 1983-). 1941 - Birth of Sandy Denny country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go). 1941 - Franklin Roosevelt's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear). 1941 - Franz Hessel writer, dies at age 60. 1942 - First around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper"). 1942 - Birth of Barbara Lynn Alexander producer. 1942 - Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia. 1943 - Birth of Osvaldo Soriano writer. 1943 - Birth of Paul James Nunn mountaineer. 1943 - Birth of Terry Venables British soccer player/manager. 1944 - Birth of Bonnie Franklin Santa Monica California, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time). 1944 - Birth of Henry Kravis author (The Money Machine). 1944 - Birth of Robert Landers Tarrant County Texas, PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 78, 80). 1944 - Birth of Van McCoy US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle). 1945 - Birth of Barry Holstein Lopez US author (Of Wolves and Men). 1945 - Birth of Barry John Welsh international rugby player. 1945 - Birth of Pepe Le Pew cartoon skunk (Au Dorable Kitty). 1945 - Future President George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye New York. 1946 - Birth of Harold Jackson Hattiesburg Mississippi, NFL wide receiver (Los Angeles, New England). 1946 - Birth of Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett Cambridge England, lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-The Piper at the Gates of Dawn). 1946 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum. 1947 - Birth of Ian Millar Halifax Nova Scotia, dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 1989, Olympics-1996). 1947 - Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs England in Melbourne Cricket Ground Test. 1948 - Birth of Dayle Hadlee cricketer (brother of Richard, New Zealand medium-pacer of 1970s). 1948 - Birth of Guy Spencer Gardner Alta Vista Virginia, Lieutenant-Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS-27, STS-35). 1948 - Birth of Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr (Representative-Democrat-WV, 1983-). 1949 - Birth of Michael Boit Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze-1972). 1949 - Birth of Richard Horowitz composer. 1949 - Birth of Robert Englund Glendale California; actor (V, Nightmare on Elm Street). 1950 - "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City, New York for three performances. 1950 - Britain recognizes Communist government of China. 1950 - Isaiah Bowman geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at age 71. 1951 - "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City, New York after 100 performances. 1951 - Birth of Kim Wilson rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds). 1951 - Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record six overtimes. 1952 - Birth of Armelia McQueen North Carolina (Brooklyn Conservatory), actress. 1952 - Birth of Grant Goodeve New Haven Connecticut; actor (David-Eight is Enough, Dynasty). 1953 - Birth of Malcolm Young Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell). 1954 - Birth of Anthony Minghella director (English Patient). 1954 - Birth of Norbert Hahn German Democratic Republic, two man luge (Olympics-gold-1976, 80). 1955 - Birth of Rowan Atkinson Newcastle-upon-Tyne England, comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder, Never Say Never Again). 1956 - Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group. 1957 - Birth of C Michael Foale in Louth, England; astronaut (STS 45, 56, 63, 84/86). 1957 - Birth of Nancy Lopez Knight in Torrance, California, USA; pro golfer (1988 Mazda, 1981 Dinah Shore). 1957 - Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. 1957 - Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow, Russia. 1958 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to E.E. Cummings. 1958 - Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar. 1958 - Josephine, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at age 85. 1959 - Birth of Kapil Dev; cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982). 1959 - Birth of Kathy Sledge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; vocalist (Sister Sledge - "We are Family"). 1959 - Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at age 54. 1960 - Birth of Paul William Azinger in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA; PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open). 1960 - Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at age 52. 1960 - Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at age 68. 1961 - Birth of Dirk de Vries; Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff). 1961 - Birth of Howie Long; former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow). 1961 - Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at age 76. 1962 - Birth of Philip Brown in Birmingham, England; 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1984). 1962 - Birth of Sean Landeta; NFL place kicker (New York Giants). 1962 - Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga; Dutch painter (France, North Africa), dies at age 57. 1963 - NBC premieres the Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom 30-minute documentary TV show, with host Marlin Perkins. 1963 - Oliver! opens at Imperial Theater in New York City, New York for 774 performances. 1963 - Birth of Norm Charlton in Fort Polk, Louisiana, USA; pitcher (Seattle Mariners). 1963 - Birth of Paul Brindley; English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure). 1963 - Birth of Philippe Perrin in Meknes, Morocco; Lieutenant-Colonel FAF/astronaut. 1963 - Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at age 68. 1964 - Birth of Charles Haley; NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys). 1964 - Birth of Mark O'Toole; bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax"). 1964 - Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City Athletics to Louisville. 1964 - Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at age 67. 1964 - Rolling Stones' first tour as headline act (with Ronettes). 1965 - Birth of Christine Wachtel; East German running star (world indoor record 800m). 1965 - Birth of Jose Dejesus; US baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals). 1965 - Birth of Lindsay H Burns in Big Timber, Montana, USA; rower (Olympics-silver-1996). 1965 - Birth of Tim McDonald; NFL player (San Francisco 49ers). 1965 - Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling. 1965 - John Larkin, director (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at age 52. 1966 - Birth of Bob Kratch; NFL guard (New England Patriots). 1966 - Birth of Donnell Woolford; NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears). 1966 - Birth of Shahid Saeed; cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test vs India 1989). 1967 - Milton Berle Show last airs on ABC-TV. 1967 - Two homemade buses collide on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines, plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140. 1967 - Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron", is buried. 1967 - Birth of David Belcher; Australian rower (Olympics-1996). 1967 - Birth of Larry Donald in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; US boxer (Olympics-1992). 1967 - Birth of Peter Loran in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good"). 1967 - Johnny Keane, baseball player/manager (Saint Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees), dies at age 55. 1968 - The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks. 1968 - Birth of Jerry Crafts; NFL/WLAF tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals). 1968 - Birth of John Singleton in Los Angeles, California, USA; director/screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood). 1968 - Birth of Vlastimil Plavucha in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia; hockey forward (Team Slovakia). 1968 - Dr N E Shumway performs first US adult cardiac transplant operation. 1968 - Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at age 81. 1968 - Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon. 1969 - Birth of Alvin Morman in Rockingham, North Carolina, USA; pitcher (Houston Astros). 1969 - Birth of Florence Descampe in Brussels, Belgium; LPGA golfer (1992 McCall). 1969 - Birth of Jason Childs; NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers). 1969 - Birth of Nick A'Hern; Australian 20k walker (Olympics-22-1992, 1996). 1970 - Birth of Daniel Naulty in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Minnesota Twins). 1970 - Birth of Gabrielle Reece in Trinidad; volleyball star/model (Extremists). 1970 - Birth of Geert Brusselers; soccer player (NAC). 1970 - Birth of John Gerak; NFL tight end/guide (Minnesota Vikings, Saint Louis Rams). 1970 - Birth of Keenan McCardell; NFL wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars). 1970 - Birth of Kerrin Petty in Townshend, Vermont, USA; cross country skier (Olympics-1994). 1970 - Birth of René Binken; soccer player (Volendam). 1971 - Berkeley chemists announces first synthetic growth hormones. 1971 - Birth of Jed DeVries; NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns). 1971 - Birth of Mike Wells; NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions). 1971 - Birth of Myron Baker; NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears). 1971 - Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate. 1972 - Birth of Denis Montana; Canadian Football League receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts). 1972 - Birth of Willie Clark; NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles). 1972 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn. 1972 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley. 1972 - Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR. 1973 - Schoolhouse Rock premieres on ABC-TV with "Multiplication Rock". 1973 - Birth of Sairaj Bahatule; cricketer (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder). 1974 - CBS Mystery Theater premieres on radio. 1974 - Birth of Juan Roque; tackle (Detroit Lions). 1974 - Birth of Marcus Crandell; Canadian Football League quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos). 1974 - Birth of Paul Grant; NBA center (Minnesota Timberwolves). 1974 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at age 77. 1974 - England begins three-day work week during mine strike. 1975 - Wheel Of Fortune debuts on NBC-TV. 1975 - AM America premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host. 1975 - Birth of James Farrior; linebacker (New York Jets). 1975 - Birth of Laura Berg in Whittier, California; softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-1996). 1975 - Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at age 77. 1976 - Birth of Agnieszka Zielinska; Miss Poland-Universe (1997). 1976 - Birth of Danny Pintauro in Milltown, New Jersey; actor (Jonathan-Who's The Boss?). 1976 - Birth of Jeremy Linn; American 100m breaststroke (Olympics-silver/gold-1996). 1976 - Birth of Richard Zednik in Bystrica, Czechoslovakia; NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Washington Capitals). 1976 - People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor. 1976 - Oscar Esplá, Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at age 89. 1976 - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million. 1977 - Birth of Amy Zappone in Wolcott, Connecticut; Miss Connecticut-America (1995). 1977 - Birth of Stacey Gartrell in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996). 1977 - EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols. 1978 - First postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp). 1978 - Birth of Steve Hartsell in Ann Arbor, Michigan; pairs skater (and Danielle Hartsell). 1978 - John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at age 80. 1978 - USA hands over Saint Stephan crown to Hungary. 1980 - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India. 1980 - Philadelphia Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat. 1980 - Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. 1980 - The president of Sicily, Piersanti Mattarella, is assassinated by the Mafia. 1981 - Brazilian double decker boat Novo Amapo capsizes Amazon River, Belem de Cajari, Macapa, Brazil, 230 killed. 1981 - Birth of Mike Jones; American rapper. 1981 - 50th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-John Tonelli scores five goals. 1981 - A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, Scottish physician/author (Citadel), dies at age 84 (born 1896). 1981 - Birth of Jérémie Renier; Belgian actor. 1982 - William Bonin is convicted of being the Freeway Killer. 1982 - Birth of Gilbert Arenas; American basketball player. 1984 - Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee. 1984 - Space shuttle Challenger moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating of STS 41 B mission. 1985 - Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at age 85. 1986 - Birth of Alex Turner; British musician. 1986 - Birth of Petter Northug; Norwegian cross-country skier. 1986 - British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns. 1986 - Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg. 1986 - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland. 1986 - Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at age 90. 1986 - US space shuttle mission STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31 seconds because of liquid oxygen valve problem. 1987 - 100th US Congress convenes. 1987 - Astronomers at University of California see first sight of birth of a galaxy. 1988 - Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at age 46. 1988 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of The Oldest Rookie show. 1989 - Birth of Baby, lion-tailed macaques at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle). 1990 - Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies. 1990 - Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at age 40. 1990 - New York Lotto pays US$35 million to one winner (numbers are 18-25-26-32-42-44). 1990 - Death of Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904). 1991 - "Gypsy" closes at Saint James Theater New York City, New York after 477 performances. 1991 - Real Life With Jane Pauley premieres on NBC-TV. 1991 - Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at age 64. 1991 - Jorge Serrano Elías elected President of Guatemala. 1991 - Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 seconds). 1992 - In Detroit, Michigan, the 1992 North American International Auto Show is held. Chevrolet debuts the Sting Ray III show car, a styling preview being considered for the next generation Corvette. 1992 - Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at age 44. 1992 - Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies. 1992 - New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul. 1992 - Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle" premieres in Los Angeles. 1992 - Sachin Tendulkar completes 148 vs Australia at the SCG. 1992 - Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his first Test innings. 1992 - Vincent Placoly, Martinique writer (Une journée torride), dies at age 45. 1992 - Bosnian Serbs declare their own republic within Bosnia and Herzegovina, in protest of the decision by Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats to seek European Community recognition. 1993 - Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at age 70. 1993 - Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a. 1993 - John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, American blues trumpeter/bandleader/composer, dies of cancer at age 75 (born 1917). 1993 - Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews. 1993 - Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at age 54. 1994 - Government Inspector opens at Lyceum Theater in New York City, New York for 37 performances. 1994 - "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersecretary of Navy (1963-72), dies at age 80. 1994 - Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3803.88. 1994 - Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies. 1994 - In Detroit, Michigan, ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband. 1994 - Morty the Moose (Northern Exposure), dies at age 6. 1994 - Virginia Kelley Clinton, mother of US President Clinton, dies at age 70. 1994 - Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44). 1995 - Near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs. 1995 - Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939). 1995 - Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at age 77. 1995 - (to January 7) A chemical fire occurs in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines. Policemen and investigators find a bomb factory and a laptop computer and disks that contain plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. The mastermind, Ramzi Yousef, is arrested a month later. 1995 - James Clay, saxophonist, dies at age 59. 1995 - Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/Secretary-General (SACR), dies at age 68. 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Houseguest to theaters in the USA. 1995 - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at age 81. 1996 - Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at age 60. 1996 - Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at age 94. 1996 - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at age 68. 1996 - Record US$65.2 million British lottery won by three people (2-3-4-13-42-44). 1996 - Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at age 80. 1997 - In Detroit, Michigan, the North American International Auto Show is held, over ten days. Chevrolet unveils the 1997 Corvette, dubbed "C5". A new small-block V-8 engine is introduced, the LS1, with 345-hp, and 10:1 compression ratio. 1997 - It's a Slippery Slope closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York City, New York. 1997 - Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at age 52. 1997 - Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at age 87. 1997 - Vince Williams, actor (Hamp - Guiding Light), dies of cancer at age 39. 1997 - Death of Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (born 1912). 1998 - Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach. 1998 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 1998 - The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. 2003 - Astronomers in Seattle, Washington, announce the discovery of planet OGLE-TR-56b. The planet, about 5000 light-years from Earth, has a surface temperature of 1600 degrees C, and an orbit of 29 hours around its parent star. 2004 - Death of Tug McGraw, baseball player (born 1944). 2004 - Death of Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica (born 1954). 2006 - The record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season officially draws to a close as Tropical Storm Zeta dissipates. 2006 - Death of Lou Rawls, American singer (born 1933). 2006 - 18-year-old shortstop Justin Upton signs a five-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks for US$6.1 million, the largest signing bonus in a minor-league contract for a drafted player who was not a free agent. 2006 - According to final figures released by the commissioner's office, the Yankees finish the year with a record payroll of $207.2 million, $90 million more than the Red Sox which spent the second largest amount on playing personnel. By comparison, the World Champion White Sox spent $73.2 million with lowly Devil Rays writing checks for only $26.6 million, not much more than Alex Rodriguez makes individually playing third base for the Yankees. 2006 - The Toronto Blue Jays trade Corey Koskie to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league pitching prospect Brian Wolfe. 2006 - Rich Levin, a spokesperson for the commissioner's office, informs the press a letter was faxed from International Baseball Federation president Aldo Notari informing Major League Baseball of the IBAF intention withdraw its sanctioning of the World Baseball Classic unless Cuba is allowed to participate. In mid-December, the U.S. Treasury Department denied the license to allow Castro's country to complete in WBC due to U.S. laws which restricts financial gain of the communist nation on U.S. soil. 2007 - Death of Mario Danelo, American college football player (born 1985). 2008 - In the USA, Home Box Office airs the first episode of the fifth and final season of The Wire. You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/thisday/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page. Other web pages of interest: Chronology of World History