January 6 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for January 6
In the headlines today:

2000	Rioters clash with police in Miami, angered by the US government's decision to send 6-year-old refugee Elian Gonzalez back to his native Cuba.
1993	Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie dies in Englewood, New Jersey, at age 75.
1993	Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev dies in Paris at age 54.
1952	Charles Schulz' comic strip, Peanuts, first appears in Sunday newspapers.
1945	George Bush, later to become US vice-president and president, marries Barbara Pierce in Rye, NY.
1942	Pan Am makes the world's first around-the-world commercial airline flight.
1919	Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US president, dies in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60.
1912	New Mexico becomes the 47th state to join the US.
1896	The first US women's six-day bicycle race is held at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1838	Samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey.
1759	Future US president George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. (photo credit: NARA)
1540	King Henry VIII of England marries his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.

Born today:

1986 (James) Kenzie - musician (Blazin' Squad, Friday Hill)

1976 Danny Pintauro - actor

1975 James Farrior - football player

1968 John Singleton - director, writer (Boyz N the Hood)

1964 Charles Haley - football player

1963 Norm Charlton III - baseball pitcher

1962 Mike Houser - guitarist (Widespread Panic)

1960 Howie Long - football player, sportcaster, actor

1960 Eric Williams - singer (BLACKstreet)

1959 Kathy Sledge - singer (Sister Sledge)

1957 Nancy Lopez - golf champ

1955 Rowan Atkinson - actor (Mr. Bean)

1953 Malcolm Young - rhythm guitarist (AC/DC)

1951 Kim Wilson - singer, harpist (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)

1947

Sandy Denny - singer (Fairport Convention).
(Sang duet with Robert Plant on "The Battle of Evermore" [Led Zeppelin IV]).
(photo credit: A&M)