On This Day = January 6
Bithdays + Events + Holidays + Observances
BIRTHDAYS
1412 = Joan of Arc = French martyr and saint 🌈
1832 = Gustave Doré = French painter and sculptor
1878 = Carl Sandburg = American poet and historian
1880 = Tom Mix = American cowboy and actor
1883 = Kahlil Gibran = Lebanese-American poet and painter
1908 = Simone de Beauvoir = French writer and philosopher 🌈
1910 = Wright Morris = American author and photographer
1912 = Danny Thomas = American actor, comedian, and humanitarian
1913 = Loretta Young = American actor
1915 = John C. Lilly = American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher
1924 = Earl Scruggs = American banjo player
1928 = Capucine = French actor and model
1930 = Vic Tayback = American actor
1931 = E. L. Doctorow = American writer
1932 = Simon Oates = English actor
1938 = Larisa Shepitko = Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor
1942 = Nancy Ruth = Canadian Senator 🌈
1944 = Bonnie Franklin = American actor and singer
1946 = Syd Barrett = English singer-songwriter
1947 = Sandy Denny = English singer-songwriter
1954 = Anthony Minghella = English director and screenwriter
1955 = Rowan Atkinson = English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1960 = Howie Long = American football player and sports commentator
1968 = Gábor Szetey = Hungarian politician 🌈
1969 = Norman Reedus = American actor and model
1968 = John Singleton = American filmmaker
1970 = Julie Chen = American journalist and tv host
1976 = Danny Pintauro = American actor
1982 = Eddie Redmayne = English actor and model
1982 = Tiffany Pollard = American tv personality
1984 = Kate McKinnon = American actor and comedian 🌈
1986 = Alex Turner = English singer-songwriter
EVENTS
1536 = The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
1724 = Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, a Bach cantata, for Epiphany, is performed the first time.
1838 = Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
1907 = Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
1912 = New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
1941 = POTUS Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1947 = Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
1967 = NYC’s Civil Service Commission makes public its year-old policy of allowing city agencies to hire and employ lesbians and gay men. The new policy comes partly in response to the Mattachine Society’s lobbying efforts. 🌈
1974 = In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1975 = Wheel Of Fortune, hosted by hosted by Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford, premieres on NBC.
1977 = The first issue of Directions for Gay Men magazine is published in Toronto. It lasts one year. 🌈
1979 = Village People's "Y.M.C.A." becomes their only UK #1 single. At its peak, it sells over 150,000 copies per day. 🌈
1984 = Dan White is paroled from prison, after having served barely five years for the murders of SF mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk City.
1994 = Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the US Figure Skating Championships.
2005 = Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner during the American Civil Rights Movement.
2015 = Florida recognizes same-sex marriages. 🌈
2021 = Supporters of Donald Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the US Congress.