Birthdates Which Occur on January 6:
1367 Richard II Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)
1412 Joan of Arc Domremy, martyr
1486 Martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor
1488 Helius Eobanus Hessus German poet (Silvae)
1587 Gaspar de Guzm n Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43)
1602 Karl Rabenhaupt German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader
1683 Fran‡ois de La Croix composer
1692 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering composer
1695 Giuseppe Sammartini composer
1702 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu composer
1728 Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier composer
and Domingos dos Reis Quita Portuguese playwright/poet
1732 Mat˜a A Reljkovic Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)
1745 Jacques Montgolfier France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
and James Montgolfier France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
1776 Ferdinand von Schill Prussian officer/rebel
1791 Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer composer
1794 Kaspar Masek composer
1798 Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer
1799 Jedediah Strong Smith US fur trader/explorer
1800 Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Dutch politician
1802 Ion Heliade-Radulescu Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)
1803 Henri Herz composer
1807 Joseph Holt Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
and Ludwig Erk composer
1811 Charles Sumner leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874
1822 Heinrich Schliemann linguist/archaeologist (Troi)
1826 Herman Grimm Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
1827 John Calvin Brown Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
and John Wesley Frazer Brig General (Confederate Army), die in 1906
1832 Gustave Dor‚ Strasbourg Fr, illustrator (Inferno, Ancient Mariner)
1835 Martin K„hler Germany, theologist
1838 Max Bruch K”ln (Cologne), Germany, composer
1842 Clarence King mining engineer (geologist)
1850 Eduard "Ede" Bernstein German marxist (New Era)
and Franz Xaver Scharwenka German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)
1854 Sherlock Holmes Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)
1856 Giuseppe Martucci composer
1859 Samuel Alexander English philosopher (Moral order & progress)
1861 Heinrich Gottlieb Noren composer
1864 Ban Johnson Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)
1867 Georges Martin Witkowski composer
1868 Vittorio Monti composer
1872 Alexander Scryabin Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)
1873 Karl Straube German organist/conductor
1878 Carl Sandburg US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
1880 Tom Mix Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)
and Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg composer
1882 Samuel Rayburn Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)
1883 Khalil Gibran Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)
1889 Alan M Bateman Canadian geologist (Yale professor)
1896 Abram N Pritzker US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
1897 Billy Greene actor (Burton-One Man's Family)
and P‚ter Veres literary/Hungarian minister of defense
1899 Phyllis Haver Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)
19-- Beatrice Winde Chicago, actress (Lillian Foster-The Doctors)
and Brian Bressler Vancouver, actor (Laugh-In)
and Muzz Skillings heavy metal rocker (Living Colour-Biscuits)
and Scott Bryce actor (As the World Turns)
1900 Pierre-Octave Ferroud French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
1901 Patrick Aherne England, actor (Rogue's March)
and T¢mas Gudmundsson Iceland, poet
1902 Mark Brunswick composer
and Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer
1903 Boris Blacher Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)
and Francis L Sullivan London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)
and Maurice Abravanel Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer
and Stanley Smith Kansas City MO, actor (Follow the Leader, Honey)
1905 Eric Frank Russell UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
1906 Benedict Vilakazi S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
and Jaap Wagemaker [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor
1908 Menahem Avidom composer
1909 Johannes H Moesman Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor)
and John H Moesman surrealist painter (Gerucht)
1910 Wright Morris US writer
1911 Eduardo Frei Montalva president of Chile (1964-70)
and Joey Adams Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
and Yannis Andreou Papaioannou composer
1913 Edward Gierek party leader (Polish CP)
and Loretta Young Salt Lake City Ut, actr (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger)
and Tom Brown NYC, actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
1914 Arnold Richardson composer
and Danny Thomas Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
and David Bruce Kankakee Ill, actor (Harry-Beulah)
1915 Alan Watts Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)
and Don Edwards (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
1916 Philip Bezanson composer
1917 Guillermo Rosario Dutch Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri)
1918 Buddy Weed Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)
and Caspar MB "Cas" Baas Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)
1919 Sylvia Syms US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes)
1920 Earl Kim composer
and Early Wynn Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
and Sun Myung Moon evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
1921 Cary Middlecoff golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
and Lou Harris pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
1922 Finn Einar Mortensen composer
1924 Earl Scruggs bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
1925 John Z DeLorean former automaker (DeLorean)
1929 Wilbert Harrison R & B singer (Kansas City)
1930 Vic Tayback Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
1931 E L "Edgar Lawrence" Doctorow NYC, novelist (World's Fair)
and Gerard van Muiden Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1933 [Germaine] Capucine Toulon France, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet)
1934 Bobby Lord Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1935 Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], France, actress (Pink Panther)
and Nino Tempo Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
and Paul Wilson US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
1936 Julio Mar¡a Sanguinetti Cairolo president of Uruguay (1985-90, 95- )
1937 Doris Troy [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)
and Lou Holtz US, football coach (NJ Jets)
1940 Ed Zschau (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
1941 Sandy Denny country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
1943 Terry Venables British soccer player/manager
1944 Bonnie Franklin Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time)
and Henry Kravis author (The Money Machine)
and Van McCoy US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
1945 Barry John Welsh international rugby player
and Pepe Le Pew cartoon skunk (Au Dorable Kitty)
1946 Harold Jackson Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
and Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall)
and Syd Barrett Cambridge England, rocker (Pink Floyd-Wall)
1948 Guy S Gardner Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS-27, STS-35)
and Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
1949 Michael Boit Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
and Richard Horowitz composer
1951 Kim Wilson rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1952 Armelia McQueen NC (Bkln Conservatory), actress
and Grant Goodeve New Haven Conn, actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty)
1953 Malcolm Young Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1954 Norbert Hahn German DR, 2 man luge (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1956 Rowan Atkinson England, comedian/actor (Never Say Never Again)
1957 C Michael Foale Louth England, astronaut (STS 45, 56, 63)
and Nancy Lopez Knight Torrance Calif, pro golfer (1988 Mazda)
1959 John Singleton LA Calif, director (Boyz n The Hood)
and Kapil Dev Indies cricketer (World Cup 1982)
and Kathy Sledge Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1961 Dirk de Vries Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
1962 Philip Brown Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
and Sean Landeta NFL place kicker (NY Giants)
1963 Paul Brindley English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure)
1964 Mark O'Toole bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
1965 Christine Wachtel E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
1967 Larry Donald Cincinnati Ohio, US boxer (Olympic-92)
and Peter Loran Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
1970 Gabrielle Reece volleball star/model
and Geert Brusselers soccer player (NAC)
and Kerrin Petty Townshend Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
and Ren‚ Binken soccer player (Volendam)
1972 Shae Marks New Orleans LA, playmate (May, 1994)
1976 Danny Pintauro Milltown NJ, actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss)
1989 Baby lion-tailed macaques at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
Deaths Which Occured January 6:
1088 Berengarius van Tours French theologist, dies
1275 Raymundus van Pe¤afort Spanish church scholar, dies
1374 Andreas Corsini Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
1425 Jan van Beieren bishop of Lithuania/Duke of Baveria, dies
1448 Christoffel III king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1536 Baldassare Peruzzi Italian architect/painter, dies
1541 Bernard van Orley Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
1592 Johan Casimir count of Rhine, dies
1646 Elias Hill German architect of Augsburg, dies
1685 Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at 68
1693 Mehmed IV sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
1694 Francesco Morosini Italian army leader, dies
1697 Carlo Mannelli composer, dies at 56
1702 Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of Benjamin
1738 Franz Xaver Murschhauser composer, dies at 74
1785 Haym Salomon dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution
1790 Johann Trier composer, dies at 73
1799 Maria G Agnesi Italian mathematician (xýy=aý(a-y)), dies
W G Frederik prince of Orange, dies
1800 William Jones composer, dies at 73
1822 Heinrich Schliemann archelogist (Troje)
1831 Rodolphe Kreitzer composer, dies at 64
1884 Gregor Mendel Augustine monk & heredity pioneer, dies
1885 Peter C Asbjírnsen Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
1917 Hendrik P G Quack lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies
1918 Georg F L P Cantor German mathematician: collection, dies
1919 Theodore Roosevelt 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60
1928 Alvin C Kraenzlein track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
1929 Nicolaas Nikolajevitsj governor-general of Kaukasi‰, dies
1935 George P Baker US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
1950 Isaiah Bowman US geography/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies
1958 Josephine CMA princess of Belgium, dies
1959 Jose Enrique Pedreira composer, dies at 54
1960 Edith Barstow choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
Erik Lindahl Swedish economist (Scope & Means), dies at 68
1962 Jacob "Cut" Nanninga painter (France, North-Africa), dies at 57
1963 Lourens GM Boss Becking botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68
1965 John Larkin director (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart at 52
1967 Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss "the Zigeunerbaron", buried
Johnny Keane baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
1974 David Alfaro Siqueiros Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
1975 Noel Madison actor, dies at 77
1976 Oscar Espla composer, dies at 89
1978 John D MacArthur US billionaire, dies at 80
1985 Robert HW Welch Jr US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
1986 Louis Lebeer art historian, dies at 90
1988 Brent Collins actor, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1989 Hirohito Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
1990 Hans Jaray actor, dies
Ian Charleson actor, dies of AIDS at 40
1991 Ada Moore entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
1992 Avon Jaeger Hill entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
Elaine McKenna Australian actress, dies
Vincent Placoly Martinique writer (Une journ‚e torride), dies at 45
1993 Dizzy Gillespie jazz musician, dies of pancreatic cancer at 75
Elisabeth arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies
John B "Dizzy" Gillespe blues trumpeter, dies at 75 of cancer
Rudolf Nureyev Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
1994 Adrian van Ash vice-admiral/Sec of Dutch Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
Gerardus J Sizoo physicist/director of Dutch Free University
Morty moose on Northern Exposure, dies
Tip O'Neill speaker of the house, dies of cancer
Virginia Kelley Clinton Mother of Pres Clinton, dies at 70
1995 Edward Sutcliffe judge of British Central Criminal Court, dies at 77
Joe Slovo Latvia/S Afr attorney/sec-gen (SACR), dies
Karl Guttmann Austrian/Neth playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
Holidays Which Occur January 6:
Iraq Army Day
New Mexico Admission Day (1912)
Uruguay Children's Day
Religious Observances on January 6:
C Epiphany (12th Night of Xmas) (England) 3 Kings/Adoration of Magi
Greek Orthodox Greek Cross Day (Tarpon Springs, Fla)
RC Caspar, Melchior & Balthazar, Point out the East?
RC Feast of St Guarinus (St Guerin)
1611 RC Commemoration of St John de Ribera, archbishop of Valencia
1670 RC Commemoration of St Charles of Sezze, Italian monk
1925 RC Commemoration of St Rafaela Maria Porras y Ayllon
1937 RC Memorial of Bl Andre Bessette, religious (opt)
Things to Remember for January 6:
Flowers-carnation & snowdrop Gem-garnet
National Soup-National Egg Month-National Hobby Month
14 Days Astrological sign: Capricorn
[Ancient Rome] Caput Iduum (a d viij Id Jan)
1941 4 Freedoms Day (Speech, Worship, From want & From fear)
Highlights in History Which Occur January 6:
1066 King Harald of England crowned
1099 Henry V crowned German king
1227 Ferrand of Portugal safely leaves the Louvre
1352 French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
1453 Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria
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
1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1579 Artesie/Henegouwen/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Atrecht
1622 Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide
1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
1663 Great earthquake in New England
1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
1759 George Washington & Martha Dandridge Curtis are married
1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
1781 Battle of Jersey (Island in UK)
1784 Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
1838 Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph
1839 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"
1842 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
1857 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
1861 Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
and NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with N & S
1873 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
and US Congress begins investigating Cr‚dit Mobilier scandal
1880 Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1896 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
and Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
and Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris
1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
1906 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris
1907 Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state
1914 J Lagrula discovers asteroid #775 Lumiere
and Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
1922 -13] Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
1924 Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
1925 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
1926 Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
1927 US marines sent to Nicaragua
1928 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)
1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
1930 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
1936 Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)
1938 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx
and G Kulin discovers asteroids #1444 Pannonia, #1445 Konkolya & #3427
1941 FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear)
1942 1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper")
1945 Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY
1946 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China
1951 Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia
1958 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
and Gibson patents Flying V Guitar
and WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
and Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
1967 KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate,
and Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
1968 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
and Dr N E Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
and Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon
1969 Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
and WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
1972 Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
1974 CBS Mystery Theater premieres on radio
and England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
1975 AM America premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
and Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
1978 1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
and US carrier St-Stefanuskron sinks near Hungary
1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress party wins elections in India
and Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1981 50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
1986 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
and Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
and STS 61-C scrubbed at T -31s because of liquid oxygen valve problem
1987 100th US Congress convenes
1990 NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
1991 "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
and Jorge Serrano El¡as elected president of Guatemala
and Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
1992 NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
and Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA
1993 Bill Wyman leaves Rolling Stones
and Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
1994 Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
and Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
and Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
1995 Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
1996 Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
1839 2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as 'The Big Wind
1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate,
Phillipines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140.
Your Special Reminders for January 6:
1896 -2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1950 63øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 6th day of year with 359 remaining (Numerology = 7)
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