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06 January, 2006
Tropical Storm Zeta (2005) dissipates, ending the notorious 2005 hurricane season.
06 January, 2005
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.
06 January, 2005
First World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace begins in Brussels, Belgium.
06 January, 2004
Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate is declared the official anthem of Karnataka.
06 January, 2004
Costas Simitis announces his resignation as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement in Greece.
06 January, 1996
Don Shula announced his retirement after 25 years of being the Miami Dolphins head coach. He also retired as the winningist coach in the NFL.
06 January, 1995
A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
06 January, 1994
Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.
06 January, 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 World War II.
06 January, 1977
The music publisher EMI ends its contract with the notorious punk rock group the Sex Pistols after reports of abusive behaviour at Heathrow Airport, London.
06 January, 1974
In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
06 January, 1967
United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
06 January, 1961
A fire at the Thomas Hotel in San Francisco kills 20 people.
06 January, 1950
The United Kingdom recognizes the Peoples Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
06 January, 1942
Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
06 January, 1941
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address.
06 January, 1941
The keel of USS Missouri (BB-63) was laid at New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn.
06 January, 1940
Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznan, Warthegau.
06 January, 1936
The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act was unconstitutional in the case United States v. Butler et al.
06 January, 1931
Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
06 January, 1930
The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).
06 January, 1929
King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his countrys constitution (the so-called January 6th Dictatorship, Šestojanuarska diktatura.)
06 January, 1929
Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst Indias poorest and diseased people.
06 January, 1912
New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
06 January, 1907
Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.
06 January, 1900
Boers attack Ladysmith, South Africa - over 1,000 people killed.
06 January, 1893
The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
06 January, 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.
06 January, 1870
The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna).
06 January, 1853
American President-Elect Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts.
06 January, 1838
Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
06 January, 1806
Horatio Nelson is laid to rest in Saint Pauls Cathedral in London.
06 January, 1781
In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
06 January, 1720
The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
06 January, 1690
Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
06 January, 1661
The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
06 January, 1649
The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
06 January, 1579
The Union of Atrecht is signed.
06 January, 1540
King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
06 January, 1494
The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola.
06 January, 1449
Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra.
06 January, 1205
Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
06 January, 1066
Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England.

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